At the morning session close, China's front-month commodity futures were mostly
higher: palladium up nearly 4%, live hogs up over 3%, platinum up nearly 3%.
Fiberboard, lithium carbonate, coking coal, Shanghai silver, red dates and
Shanghai zinc rose more than 2%. Lagging contracts included SC crude oil down
over 2%, synthetic rubber down nearly 2%, japonica rice, 20# rubber and PVC down
more than 1%, and caustic soda down nearly 1%.
