At midday close, China's lead futures contracts were mostly higher. SC crude and fuel oil rose about 4%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) gained over 3%. Plastics and monthly-average plastics were up nearly 2%; styrene (EB), pulp and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) advanced more than 1%. On the downside, lithium carbonate and container freight to Europe fell over 5%; Shanghai silver dropped nearly 3%; cotton and palladium fell more than 2%; rapeseed was down about 2%; cotton yarn and platinum declined jus

At midday close, China's lead futures contracts were mostly higher. SC crude and fuel oil rose about 4%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) gained over 3%. Plastics and monthly-average plastics were up nearly 2%; styrene (EB), pulp and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) advanced more than 1%. On the downside, lithium carbonate and container freight to Europe fell over 5%; Shanghai silver dropped nearly 3%; cotton and palladium fell more than 2%; rapeseed was down about 2%; cotton yarn and platinum declined just over 1%.