At the night session open in China, main futures contracts were mostly higher. Benzene rose nearly 3%; asphalt, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and fuel oil gained more than 2%. SC crude, styrene (EB), pulp, paraxylene (PX), PTA, methanol and bottle-grade PET chips advanced over 1%. On the downside, Shanghai nickel fell more than 1% and stainless steel (SS) was down about 1%.

2026-08-20

At the night session open in China, main futures contracts were mostly higher. Benzene rose nearly 3%; asphalt, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and fuel oil gained more than 2%. SC crude, styrene (EB), pulp, paraxylene (PX), PTA, methanol and bottle-grade PET chips advanced over 1%. On the downside, Shanghai nickel fell more than 1% and stainless steel (SS) was down about 1%.