At the morning close, China's most-active domestic futures contracts were mostly
lower. Shanghai silver fell over 4%; fuel oil dropped more than 3%; Shanghai
gold declined nearly 3%. Platinum, polysilicon, p‑xylene, coke and low-sulfur
fuel oil (LU) lost over 2%. On the upside, egg and red-date contracts rose over
3%; methanol and alumina gained nearly 2%; japonica rice, lithium carbonate,
soybean No.2 and glass advanced more than 1%.