US data due in 10 minutes: initial jobless claims for week ended Sep 12; August housing starts (annualized); August building permits; September Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index.

【期货热点追踪】苹果主力合约早盘跌至逾4%后有所反弹，午后跌幅再扩大。机构认为库存去化偏慢叠加增产预期压制，厄尔尼诺带来的天气扰动能否扭转格局？点击了解。

At the night session open, most-active Chinese futures were weaker. Benzene and SC crude fell more than 4%; styrene (EB) slipped nearly 4%; fuel oil, LPG and coking coal dropped over 3%; paraxylene and synthetic rubber fell more than 2%. On the upside, SHFE silver rose over 2%; SHFE tin, SHFE zinc, LME copper, SHFE gold and SHFE copper gained above 1%; SHFE nickel and SHFE lead were up about 1%.