FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES DOWN OVER 1%

IRAN'S STATE BROADCASTER CITING UNNAMED MILITARY OFFICIAL: FOLLOWING ATTACK BY U.S. MILITARY ON IRANIAN TANKER, 'ENEMY UNITS' IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ CAME UNDER IRANIAN MISSILE FIRE

China’s most active futures contracts are mostly lower at the midday break, with silver and the containerized freight index (Europe route) up over 2%, while No.20 rubber, eggs and rubber gain over 1%. On the downside, benzene, ethylene glycol, PX and PTA fall over 3%, while styrene, palladium, PET, nickel, stainless steel, propylene, BR rubber, LPG, methanol, short fiber and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) drop over 2%.