As of the 23:00 close, China’s most-active domestic futures contracts were
mostly lower. Caustic soda fell more than 4%; palm oil declined nearly 3%;
soybean oil dropped over 2%. PVC, cotton, coking coal, sugar and styrene (EB)
fell about 2%. On the upside, asphalt rose over 3%, LPG gained more than 2%, and
methanol, propylene and polypropylene were up over 1%; the polypropylene
monthly-average contract was up nearly 1%.