At morning close, China's domestic futures main contracts were mixed:
ferrosilicon up more than 4%; container-shipping Europe-route rates rose over
3%; 20# rubber, stainless steel (SS) and PTA gained over 2%; rubber and coking
coal rose about 2%; rapeseed oil was up just over 1%. Lagging contracts included
red dates (jujube) and SC crude oil, both down more than 1%; fuel oil and corn
slipped nearly 1%.