At the 23:00 close, China’s most-active futures contracts were mixed: propylene,
ethylene glycol (EG), benzene, methanol and styrene (EB) fell over 3 pct;
polypropylene, PTA and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fell nearly 3 pct; iron ore
rose nearly 2 pct, cotton rose over 1 pct and coking coal rose nearly 1 pct.