At the midday close, China's main futures contracts were mostly higher. Egg
futures hit the daily up limit; container freight on the Europe route jumped
over 11%; coking coal gained more than 7% and coke rose over 4%. Asphalt,
polysilicon, fuel oil and rapeseed advanced over 3%. On the downside, logs fell
nearly 2%; Soybean No.1 futures, palladium and pulp declined just over 1%.