A股江化微午后涨停，上演“地天板”，现报57.93元，成交额25.44亿元。

Early session, China's main futures contracts opened mixed with declines outnumbering gains. SC crude fell over 4%; LPG and container freight (Europe route) dropped more than 3%; methanol declined nearly 3%; fuel oil and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) slipped over 2%. Down more than 1% were polypropylene, asphalt, benzene, BR rubber, plastics, p-xylene, ethylene glycol, propylene, coke, polysilicon and styrene. On the upside, platinum rose over 2%; iron ore and Shanghai silver gained more than 1%; Shanghai gold, soybean meal and pulp were up around 1%.

China's Central Meteorological Observatory said the ninth named storm of the season, Bavi (tropical-storm intensity), formed on July 2. At 08:00 its center was at 11.0°N, 160.1°E — about 1,620 km ESE of Guam. Central pressure 998 hPa; max winds near the center 18 m/s (~35 kt); 7-level wind radius 180–280 km. Bavi is moving WNW at ~20 km/h and is expected to gradually strengthen and could reach super-typhoon strength (58–65 m/s, 17+ level). The observatory said Bavi will not affect Chinese waters over the next six days but will tend toward China's southeast coast after July 9.