At the morning open, China's front-month futures were mostly higher. Fuel oil, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and SC crude oil rose more than 5%; methanol gained over 3%; benzene, asphalt, propylene and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) were up around 3%. On the downside, container freight on the Europe route fell over 4%, Shanghai silver dropped nearly 4%; platinum, palladium and polysilicon declined more than 2%; Shanghai gold, Shanghai tin and stainless steel (SS) were down over 1%.

2026-07-09

At the morning open, China's front-month futures were mostly higher. Fuel oil, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and SC crude oil rose more than 5%; methanol gained over 3%; benzene, asphalt, propylene and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) were up around 3%. On the downside, container freight on the Europe route fell over 4%, Shanghai silver dropped nearly 4%; platinum, palladium and polysilicon declined more than 2%; Shanghai gold, Shanghai tin and stainless steel (SS) were down over 1%.