At the morning session close, China’s main futures contracts were mixed. Palladium surged over 8%, platinum rose more than 7%, Shanghai silver gained over 6%, lithium carbonate climbed about 5%, Shanghai nickel and polysilicon near 5%, Shanghai gold up about 4% and coke up ~3%. On the downside, LPG, propylene, benzene, polyethylene, polypropylene and ethylene glycol hit daily down limits; fuel oil and low‑sulfur fuel oil (LU) plunged over 10%, bitumen fell ~10%, Shanghai crude (SC) dropped over

At the morning session close, China’s main futures contracts were mixed. Palladium surged over 8%, platinum rose more than 7%, Shanghai silver gained over 6%, lithium carbonate climbed about 5%, Shanghai nickel and polysilicon near 5%, Shanghai gold up about 4% and coke up ~3%. On the downside, LPG, propylene, benzene, polyethylene, polypropylene and ethylene glycol hit daily down limits; fuel oil and low‑sulfur fuel oil (LU) plunged over 10%, bitumen fell ~10%, Shanghai crude (SC) dropped over 9%, methanol declined nearly 8%, and synthetic rubber and p‑xylene fell about 7%.