At the morning open, China’s main futures contracts were mostly higher: Shanghai crude (SC) up about 5%; fuel oil and ethylene glycol (EG) up nearly 4%; Europe-route container freight futures rose over 3%; synthetic rubber and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) up around 3%; asphalt and low‑sulfur fuel oil (LU) climbed over 2%. Lagging were Shanghai tin and starch, down more than 1%; international copper, eggs and Shanghai copper fell about 1%.

2026-08-18

At the morning open, China’s main futures contracts were mostly higher: Shanghai crude (SC) up about 5%; fuel oil and ethylene glycol (EG) up nearly 4%; Europe-route container freight futures rose over 3%; synthetic rubber and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) up around 3%; asphalt and low‑sulfur fuel oil (LU) climbed over 2%. Lagging were Shanghai tin and starch, down more than 1%; international copper, eggs and Shanghai copper fell about 1%.