At midday close, China’s most-active domestic futures contracts were mixed. Container-shipping Europe-route futures plunged over 4%, Shanghai silver fell about 4%; fuel oil, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and coke dropped over 3%; Shanghai gold and coking coal were down nearly 3%; polysilicon and platinum declined more than 2%. On the upside, eggs gained nearly 4%; red dates and methanol rose about 3%; styrene (EB) gained almost 2%; glass, alumina, apples and japonica rice were up over 1%.