At the morning session close, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower. P-xylene, propylene and ethylene glycol hit daily limit-downs. Low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) fell about 9%, fuel oil dropped over 8% and SC crude oil declined more than 6%. Methanol, synthetic rubber, benzene, container freight (Europe route), PTA, LPG, polypropylene and styrene each fell over 5%. Rapeseed meal rose more than 2%, while soybean meal and international copper gained over 1%.

2026-08-26

At the morning session close, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower. P-xylene, propylene and ethylene glycol hit daily limit-downs. Low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) fell about 9%, fuel oil dropped over 8% and SC crude oil declined more than 6%. Methanol, synthetic rubber, benzene, container freight (Europe route), PTA, LPG, polypropylene and styrene each fell over 5%. Rapeseed meal rose more than 2%, while soybean meal and international copper gained over 1%.