At midday closing, most domestic futures contracts rose, with Shanghai silver up over 11%, Shanghai gold up over 7%, platinum and palladium up over 6%, Shanghai tin up over 5%, polysilicon up over 4%, and fuel oil, Shanghai nickel, international copper, coking coal, Shanghai copper, low-sulfur fuel oil, and glass up over 3%. Coke, benzene, SC crude oil, aluminum alloys, styrene, European shipping contracts, BR rubber, and soda ash rose over 2%. On the downside, rapeseed meal, rapeseed, and caustic soda saw slight declines.
