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China Commodities Daily Brief — 2026-09-18

As of 2026-09-18

On 2026-09-18, 47 of 445 commodities tracked on China's domestic spot market rose, 69 fell and 329 were unchanged. The strongest move was n-Octanol (+7.73%), followed by White Carbon Black (Precipitated Silica) (+5.49%). The weakest was Diethylene Glycol (DEG) (-11.23%).

Market pulse

Down

Unchanged

329

Items

445

Top gainers

Commodity	Sector	Last	Change
n-Octanol	Chemicals	4,858.99	+7.73%
White Carbon Black (Precipitated Silica)	Chemicals	956.85	+5.49%
Acetic Acid	Chemicals	658.33	+4.76%
Silver	Non-ferrous Metals	2,392.39	+3.02%
Acetic Anhydride	Chemicals	1,052.16	+2.93%
p-Chloroaniline	Chemicals	3,837.35	+2.67%
Cyclohexane	Chemicals	1,021.63	+2.50%
Bisphenol A (BPA)	Chemicals	1,671.49	+2.47%
Lead (Ingot)	Non-ferrous Metals	2,435.68	+2.10%
Paraxylene (PX)	Chemicals	1,465.17	+2.08%

Top decliners

Commodity	Sector	Last	Change
Diethylene Glycol (DEG)	Chemicals	1,220.98	-11.23%
PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid)	Textiles	1,061.86	-3.44%
Propylene Glycol (PG)	Chemicals	1,450.22	-3.00%
Polyester	Rubber & Plastics	1,299.76	-2.70%
Toluene	Chemicals	1,228.45	-2.38%
EPS	Rubber & Plastics	1,726.29	-2.12%
Polyester Staple Fiber (PSF)	Textiles	1,290.87	-1.83%
Carbon Black	Chemicals	1,879.52	-1.62%
Methanol	Chemicals	593.05	-1.57%
Xylene	Chemicals	1,285.76	-1.53%

By sector

Sector	Items	Up	Down	Unchanged	Avg. change
Chemicals	295	22	30	243	+0.02%
Non-ferrous Metals	28	9	6	13	+0.36%
Rubber & Plastics	18	1	9	8	-0.54%
Textiles	16	4	3	9	-0.15%
Steel	16	4	5	7	-0.05%
Energy	13	3	5	5	-0.06%
Agriculture & Byproducts	11	0	9	2	-0.57%
Building Materials	6	1	0	5	+0.14%
Other	2	0	0	2	0.00%

Equity indices

Index	Last	Previous	Change
CSI 300	4,505.02	4,460.44	+1.00%
SSE COMP	3,910.07	3,876.26	+0.87%
SZSE COMP	13,620.55	13,410.06	+1.57%
HSI 항셍	24,833.11	24,604.29	+0.93%
HSCEI	8,245.50	8,175.36	+0.86%
KOSPI	6,875.72	6,715.41	+2.39%
KOSDAQ	826.95	822.18	+0.58%
CHINEXT	3,365.71	3,297.92	+2.06%
STAR 50	1,649.43	1,606.02	+2.70%

2026-09-18 15:45 KST

FX

Pair	Last	Previous	Change
USD/KRW	1,382.18	1,380.10	+0.15%
CNY/KRW	206.38	205.74	+0.31%
JPY/KRW (100엔)	879.50	882.70	-0.36%
EUR/KRW	1,586.40	1,583.30	+0.20%
USD/CNY	6.6980	6.6961	+0.03%

China macro indicators

Indicator	Value	Previous	Period
Manufacturing PMI	51.5	50.9	2026-08
Non-Mfg PMI	49.0	49.0	2026-08
Caixin Services PMI	50.4	54.1	2026-07
GDP Growth (YoY)	4.3%	5.0	2026 Q2
CPI (YoY)	0.5%	1.0	2026-07
PPI (YoY)	+3.5%	4.1	2026-07
Urban Unemployment	5.2%	5.0	2026-07
LPR 1Y	3.00%	3.0	2026-08
Reserve Ratio (RRR)	7.50%	7.5	2026-08
Trade Balance	+$112.0B	126.0	2026-07
Retail Sales (MoM)	+0.06%	0.35	2026-07
USD/CNY	6.72	6.75	2026-09
SSE Composite	3,941	3832	2026-09

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