At the morning close, China's most-active futures were mostly higher. Container shipping on the Europe route jumped over 7%; ethylene glycol (EG) rose more than 5%; coke gained nearly 4%. Coking coal, lithium carbonate, caustic soda and Shanghai gold were up about 3%; soda ash and glass rose over 2%. Lagging were apples and polysilicon, down about 2%; rapeseed and live hogs fell more than 1%; p-xylene, rapeseed oil and PTA slipped about 1%.

2026-08-24

At the morning close, China's most-active futures were mostly higher. Container shipping on the Europe route jumped over 7%; ethylene glycol (EG) rose more than 5%; coke gained nearly 4%. Coking coal, lithium carbonate, caustic soda and Shanghai gold were up about 3%; soda ash and glass rose over 2%. Lagging were apples and polysilicon, down about 2%; rapeseed and live hogs fell more than 1%; p-xylene, rapeseed oil and PTA slipped about 1%.