At midday, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower. Jujube fell over 5%, fuel oil dropped nearly 5%, urea declined about 4% and Shanghai crude (SC) eased more than 3%. Iron ore, soda ash and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) slid over 2%; Shanghai nickel was down nearly 2%. On the upside, polysilicon hit the daily limit, rising 9%; container freight on the Europe route climbed over 3%; eggs gained more than 2%; industrial silicon and Shanghai zinc were up around 2%; PTA and rapeseed meal rose ro

2026-08-03

At midday, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower. Jujube fell over 5%, fuel oil dropped nearly 5%, urea declined about 4% and Shanghai crude (SC) eased more than 3%. Iron ore, soda ash and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) slid over 2%; Shanghai nickel was down nearly 2%. On the upside, polysilicon hit the daily limit, rising 9%; container freight on the Europe route climbed over 3%; eggs gained more than 2%; industrial silicon and Shanghai zinc were up around 2%; PTA and rapeseed meal rose roughly 1%.