At the open, China's major futures contracts were mixed with more gains than losses. Fuel oil and asphalt rose over 3%; propylene, short fiber, plastics monthly average, PET bottle flake and other plastics gained more than 2%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) was up nearly 2%. On the downside, lithium carbonate fell over 4%; caustic soda dropped more than 2%; Shanghai silver and live hog futures slipped about 2%; No.20 rubber, rubber, soda ash and Shanghai lead fell over 1%; Shanghai aluminum eased near

At the open, China's major futures contracts were mixed with more gains than losses. Fuel oil and asphalt rose over 3%; propylene, short fiber, plastics monthly average, PET bottle flake and other plastics gained more than 2%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) was up nearly 2%. On the downside, lithium carbonate fell over 4%; caustic soda dropped more than 2%; Shanghai silver and live hog futures slipped about 2%; No.20 rubber, rubber, soda ash and Shanghai lead fell over 1%; Shanghai aluminum eased nearly 1%.