China's front-month commodity futures opened mostly higher. Synthetic rubber
rose >4%; natural rubber and 20# rubber gained >3%; rapeseed oil and soybean
No.1 were up ~2%; palladium, rapeseed meal and Shanghai gold rose >1%.
Decliners: SC crude fell >2%; fuel oil and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) dropped ~2%;
LPG, asphalt and Shanghai nickel fell >1%; soda ash and Europe–China container
freight edged down ~1%.
