At the morning close, China's main futures contracts were mixed. Shanghai silver and palladium fell nearly 4%, platinum dropped over 3%, and PVC monthly average price fell about 3%. Soda ash, glass, red dates, caustic soda, cotton and polysilicon declined more than 2%. On the upside, container-shipping Europe route and Shanghai lead rose over 2%, lithium carbonate gained nearly 2%, and LPG, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and asphalt were up more than 1%.

2026-07-17

At the morning close, China's main futures contracts were mixed. Shanghai silver and palladium fell nearly 4%, platinum dropped over 3%, and PVC monthly average price fell about 3%. Soda ash, glass, red dates, caustic soda, cotton and polysilicon declined more than 2%. On the upside, container-shipping Europe route and Shanghai lead rose over 2%, lithium carbonate gained nearly 2%, and LPG, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and asphalt were up more than 1%.