At the night session open, main contracts on China’s futures exchanges were
mostly lower. Shanghai silver (SHFE) and Shanghai tin fell nearly 3%; asphalt
dropped over 2%; coking coal, Shanghai gold (SHFE), soda ash, coke and pulp
declined more than 1%. On the upside, fuel oil and ethylene glycol (EG) rose
over 1%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) gained about 1%.