Pure Benzene, Styrene Hit Upper Limit

At the morning session closing, domestic futures main contracts saw more gains than losses: SC crude oil rose nearly 13%, containerized freight rates for the Europe route surged nearly 8%, pure benzene and styrene hit the daily trading limit-up, caustic soda, fuel oil, and synthetic rubber rose over 6%, PX gained nearly 6%, PTA rose over 5%, lithium carbonate climbed nearly 5%, and apples and PET chips rose nearly 4%. On the downside, methanol, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and coking coal each fell nearly 1%.