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Aug 18 — New crude ETF holdings report shows USO (WTI) nominal exposure at about 24.12 mln barrels, down 465k barrels on the day; BNO (Brent) futures holdings about 7.693 mln barrels, up 32k barrels.

At midday close, China’s front-month futures were mostly higher. SC crude oil jumped nearly 6%; fuel oil rose over 5%; LPG gained about 5%; ethylene glycol climbed more than 4%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), synthetic rubber and benzene were up over 3%. On the downside, polysilicon fell over 4%; eggs, Shanghai tin and international copper lost more than 1%; Shanghai copper and red dates declined around 1%.