By 23:00 local close, China's most-active futures contracts were mostly higher. Fuel oil and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) climbed nearly 3%; propylene, coking coal, polypropylene (including monthly-average contract), asphalt and synthetic rubber rose more than 1%. PTA fell over 1%; pulp and caustic soda were down nearly 1%.

2026-08-10

By 23:00 local close, China's most-active futures contracts were mostly higher. Fuel oil and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) climbed nearly 3%; propylene, coking coal, polypropylene (including monthly-average contract), asphalt and synthetic rubber rose more than 1%. PTA fell over 1%; pulp and caustic soda were down nearly 1%.