At midday close, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower. Coking coal
fell over 5%, ethylene glycol (EG) dropped over 4%, apples and coke fell over
3%, PET chip and live hogs were down over 2%, asphalt and red dates declined
about 2%. On the upside, fuel oil jumped over 6%, polysilicon rose over 2%, and
platinum, Shanghai nickel, lithium carbonate, iron ore, urea and soda ash each
gained over 1%.