At the 23:00 close, China’s most-active futures contracts were mostly lower. Fuel oil slid over 5%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) fell nearly 4%; LPG and p-xylene dropped more than 3%; methanol and PTA declined nearly 3%; polypropylene and its monthly-average contract were down over 2%. Gainers included soda ash and soybean No.1, up nearly 1%.

2026-10-20

At the 23:00 close, China’s most-active futures contracts were mostly lower. Fuel oil slid over 5%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) fell nearly 4%; LPG and p-xylene dropped more than 3%; methanol and PTA declined nearly 3%; polypropylene and its monthly-average contract were down over 2%. Gainers included soda ash and soybean No.1, up nearly 1%.