At the morning close, China’s main futures contracts were mostly lower: lithium carbonate, coking coal and fuel oil fell over 3%; coke was down nearly 3%; Shanghai crude (SC), low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), pure benzene, ethylene glycol (EG) and styrene declined more than 2%. On the upside, Shanghai tin, apples and palladium rose about 2%; No.20 rubber, platinum and red dates gained over 1%; Shanghai silver, polysilicon and Shanghai zinc were up around 1%.

2026-07-31

At the morning close, China’s main futures contracts were mostly lower: lithium carbonate, coking coal and fuel oil fell over 3%; coke was down nearly 3%; Shanghai crude (SC), low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), pure benzene, ethylene glycol (EG) and styrene declined more than 2%. On the upside, Shanghai tin, apples and palladium rose about 2%; No.20 rubber, platinum and red dates gained over 1%; Shanghai silver, polysilicon and Shanghai zinc were up around 1%.