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%.