China’s major futures contracts were mixed by midday, with cotton and soybean
No.1 rising more than 2%. Low-sulfur fuel oil, apples, cotton yarn, platinum,
fiberboard, corn, SC crude and stainless steel gained over 1%.
On the downside, BR rubber, caustic soda and coking coal fell more than 4%,
while PVC, the container freight index (Europe route) and ethylene glycol
dropped over 3%. PTA, coke and polyester fiber declined more than 2%.
