At the morning close, China’s main futures contracts were mixed: fuel oil and
methanol fell about 9%; SC crude, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and paraxylene
dropped over 7%; asphalt, PTA and bottle-grade PET declined more than 6%. On the
upside, SHFE silver gained about 8%; SHFE gold and tin rose over 4%; glass and
platinum climbed around 3%; palladium and SHFE zinc were up more than 2%; soda
ash rose nearly 2%.