China’s most active futures contracts open mixed, with tin up over 4%, platinum up over 3%, silver up over 2%, and palladium, fiberboard, lithium carbonate, containerized freight index (Europe route), caustic soda and alumina up over 1%. On the downside, crude falls over 4%, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) drops over 3%, while styrene, nickel, methanol, PX and LPG decline nearly 3%.

2026-05-07

China’s most active futures contracts open mixed, with tin up over 4%, platinum up over 3%, silver up over 2%, and palladium, fiberboard, lithium carbonate, containerized freight index (Europe route), caustic soda and alumina up over 1%. On the downside, crude falls over 4%, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) drops over 3%, while styrene, nickel, methanol, PX and LPG decline nearly 3%.