At midday, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower. Jujube fell over
5%, fuel oil dropped nearly 5%, urea declined about 4% and Shanghai crude (SC)
eased more than 3%. Iron ore, soda ash and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) slid over
2%; Shanghai nickel was down nearly 2%. On the upside, polysilicon hit the daily
limit, rising 9%; container freight on the Europe route climbed over 3%; eggs
gained more than 2%; industrial silicon and Shanghai zinc were up around 2%; PTA
and rapeseed meal rose roughly 1%.