At the morning open, China's main domestic futures contracts were mixed. Coking
coal dropped more than 6% and coke fell over 3%; fuel oil, caustic soda and
low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) slid over 2%. Urea was down about 2%; palladium,
Shanghai silver and LPG fell more than 1%. On the upside, Europe-route container
freight, PTA, starch and p-xylene rose over 1%, while PET bottle chips and corn
gained about 1%.