LME on-warrants and canceled warrants: Copper on-warrants 223,775 t (-3,200 t); canceled warrants 140,325 t (unchanged). Aluminium on-warrants 250,525 t (unchanged); canceled warrants 69,400 t (-2,075 t). Zinc on-warrants 91,900 t (unchanged); canceled warrants 15,850 t (-1,725 t). Nickel on-warrants 264,246 t (+786 t); canceled warrants 10,692 t (unchanged). Lead on-warrants 284,050 t (unchanged); canceled warrants 21,825 t (-775 t). Tin on-warrants 7,950 t (+10 t); canceled warrants 900 t (-50

At the midday close, China’s domestic futures main contracts were mostly higher. Palladium jumped nearly 6%; coke, platinum and Shanghai silver rose over 3%; lithium carbonate, Shanghai tin, apples and hogs gained more than 2%. Decliners included SC crude and LPG, each down over 5%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and fuel oil down over 4%; propylene fell about 2%; polypropylene monthly-average, polypropylene and Asia–Europe container freight contracts eased more than 1%.

Polysilicon most-active contract jumped intraday, gain widened to 6.00%, trading at 38,850 yuan/ton. Palladium most-active contract rose more than 6.00% intraday, trading at 314.80 yuan/gram.