At the night session open, most-active contracts on China’s futures exchanges
were mostly higher. Shanghai crude (SC) climbed over 3%; benzene, p-xylene,
styrene (EB), asphalt and synthetic rubber rose more than 2%; PET bottle flakes
approached 2% gains; ethylene glycol (EG) gained just over 1%. On the downside,
SHFE silver fell nearly 4%, SHFE tin dropped over 2%, SHFE gold, soda ash and
caustic soda lost more than 1%, while international copper slipped about 1%.
