As of the 23:00 close, China’s most-active domestic futures contracts were mostly lower. Caustic soda fell more than 4%; palm oil declined nearly 3%; soybean oil dropped over 2%. PVC, cotton, coking coal, sugar and styrene (EB) fell about 2%. On the upside, asphalt rose over 3%, LPG gained more than 2%, and methanol, propylene and polypropylene were up over 1%; the polypropylene monthly-average contract was up nearly 1%.

2026-10-26

As of the 23:00 close, China’s most-active domestic futures contracts were mostly lower. Caustic soda fell more than 4%; palm oil declined nearly 3%; soybean oil dropped over 2%. PVC, cotton, coking coal, sugar and styrene (EB) fell about 2%. On the upside, asphalt rose over 3%, LPG gained more than 2%, and methanol, propylene and polypropylene were up over 1%; the polypropylene monthly-average contract was up nearly 1%.