China’s major futures contracts were mixed at the open, with ethylene glycol, plastics and methanol rising more than 5%, polypropylene up over 4%, and benzene and PX gaining more than 3%. On the downside, live hogs, caustic soda, apples and glass fell more than 1%, while rapeseed meal, alumina, soybean meal and coking coal posted modest declines.

2026-04-07

China’s major futures contracts were mixed at the open, with ethylene glycol, plastics and methanol rising more than 5%, polypropylene up over 4%, and benzene and PX gaining more than 3%. On the downside, live hogs, caustic soda, apples and glass fell more than 1%, while rapeseed meal, alumina, soybean meal and coking coal posted modest declines.