At the morning open, China's most-active futures contracts were mostly higher. Pure benzene rose more than 2%; eggs, propylene, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), live hogs and styrene (EB) gained over 1%. On the downside, SHFE nickel fell nearly 3%; platinum, SHFE silver, SHFE aluminium and SHFE gold slipped over 2%; foundry aluminium and soda ash dropped more than 1%; caustic soda and stainless steel (SS) were down about 1%.

2026-06-30

At the morning open, China's most-active futures contracts were mostly higher. Pure benzene rose more than 2%; eggs, propylene, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), live hogs and styrene (EB) gained over 1%. On the downside, SHFE nickel fell nearly 3%; platinum, SHFE silver, SHFE aluminium and SHFE gold slipped over 2%; foundry aluminium and soda ash dropped more than 1%; caustic soda and stainless steel (SS) were down about 1%.