At the morning session close, China’s most-active futures contracts were mostly lower. SC crude oil fell more than 8%, coking coal dropped over 6%, coke fell nearly 5% and PET bottle-grade chip lost about 4%. Paraxylene, short fiber, PTA and PVC each declined over 3%. On the upside, container shipping (Europe route) rose nearly 3%, Shanghai silver gained over 2%, Shanghai lead and international copper were up about 2%, and apples, Shanghai zinc, Shanghai copper and Shanghai tin rose more than 1%

2026-09-18

At the morning session close, China’s most-active futures contracts were mostly lower. SC crude oil fell more than 8%, coking coal dropped over 6%, coke fell nearly 5% and PET bottle-grade chip lost about 4%. Paraxylene, short fiber, PTA and PVC each declined over 3%. On the upside, container shipping (Europe route) rose nearly 3%, Shanghai silver gained over 2%, Shanghai lead and international copper were up about 2%, and apples, Shanghai zinc, Shanghai copper and Shanghai tin rose more than 1%.