China’s most active futures contracts were mixed at the midday close. LPG surged over 8%, with manganese silicon up more than 3%, while apple, caustic soda, pulp, starch and ethylene glycol (EG) rose over 2%. On the downside, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU)

2026-03-20

China’s most active futures contracts were mixed at the midday close. LPG surged over 8%, with manganese silicon up more than 3%, while apple, caustic soda, pulp, starch and ethylene glycol (EG) rose over 2%. On the downside, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) tumbled over 8%, while Shanghai silver and PET bottle chips dropped more than 6%. PTA, PX and fuel oil fell over 4%, with bitumen and Shanghai gold down 4%.