At the morning open, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower: ethylene
glycol (EG) fell over 3%; synthetic rubber and coking coal dropped more than 2%;
rapeseed meal and propylene declined about 2%; LPG, bottle flake and methanol
were down over 1%. On the upside, Shanghai crude (SC) rose nearly 2%; lithium
carbonate, PVC, benzene and SHFE nickel gained more than 1%; eggs were up about
1%.