At the open, China’s domestic main futures contracts were mostly lower. Propylene slid more than 5%. Plastics, Shanghai tin, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), polypropylene and the polypropylene monthly-average contract dropped over 3%; the plastics monthly-average contract and benzene fell over 2%; PET bottle-chip contracts slipped nearly 2%. On the upside, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) rose nearly 4% and apples nearly 3%; coke, Shanghai nickel and rapeseed meal gained over 2%; container-shipping Europ

At the open, China’s domestic main futures contracts were mostly lower. Propylene slid more than 5%. Plastics, Shanghai tin, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), polypropylene and the polypropylene monthly-average contract dropped over 3%; the plastics monthly-average contract and benzene fell over 2%; PET bottle-chip contracts slipped nearly 2%. On the upside, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) rose nearly 4% and apples nearly 3%; coke, Shanghai nickel and rapeseed meal gained over 2%; container-shipping Europe-route freight, coking coal and red dates were up over 1%.