At the morning close, China’s main futures contracts were mostly higher: lithium carbonate up over 4%, SC crude oil up nearly 4%, palm oil, fuel oil and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) up over 2%; PET flakes, plastics and propylene rose more than 1%. Decliners included fiberboard and silicomanganese, both down over 1%.

2026-07-23

At the morning close, China’s main futures contracts were mostly higher: lithium carbonate up over 4%, SC crude oil up nearly 4%, palm oil, fuel oil and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) up over 2%; PET flakes, plastics and propylene rose more than 1%. Decliners included fiberboard and silicomanganese, both down over 1%.