At the morning open, China's main futures contracts were mostly higher. Fuel oil
surged over 5%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) gained about 2%; asphalt, soda ash,
LPG, iron ore, urea and PVC rose more than 1%. On the downside, lithium
carbonate fell over 3%; starch, benzene, apples and coking coal declined more
than 1%; 20# rubber, rapeseed oil and ethylene glycol were down around 1%.