China’s most active futures contracts open mostly higher, with the containerized freight index (Europe route) up over 2%, while SC crude, bitumen and fuel oil rise nearly 2%. Low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), rapeseed oil, polypropylene (PP) and methanol gain over 1%. On the downside, silver falls over 3%, while palladium and platinum drop over 2%. Lithium carbonate declines nearly 2%, and tin slips over 1%.

2026-05-20

China’s most active futures contracts open mostly higher, with the containerized freight index (Europe route) up over 2%, while SC crude, bitumen and fuel oil rise nearly 2%. Low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), rapeseed oil, polypropylene (PP) and methanol gain over 1%. On the downside, silver falls over 3%, while palladium and platinum drop over 2%. Lithium carbonate declines nearly 2%, and tin slips over 1%.