At the open, China's main commodity futures contracts were mixed. Shanghai crude
(SC) rose over 4%; synthetic rubber, fuel oil and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU)
gained more than 3%; styrene (EB) climbed nearly 3%; benzene, 20# rubber and
bottle-grade PET chip were up over 2%. On the downside, platinum fell nearly 3%;
Shanghai silver and palladium dropped over 2%; lithium carbonate, polysilicon,
stainless steel (SS), coking coal and eggs were down more than 1%.
