China’s most active futures contracts were mixed, with benzene and lithium
carbonate rising more than 6%, styrene (EB) and ethylene glycol (EG) up over 5%,
and methanol gaining more than 4%. PX, PTA, polyester fiber and PET flakes rose
more than 3%, while the container freight index (Europe route) fell over 3% and
caustic soda and silver declined more than 2%.