At the 23:00 close, China’s main futures contracts were mixed: fuel oil jumped
over 4%; soda ash, iron ore, asphalt and PVC rose more than 1%; low-sulfur fuel
oil (LU) and propylene gained about 1%. On the downside, benzene fell nearly 2%;
starch, styrene (EB) and ethylene glycol (EG) dropped more than 1%; soybean
meal, coking coal and rapeseed oil declined around 1%.