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China Commodities Daily Brief — 2026-09-21

As of 2026-09-21

On 2026-09-21, 77 of 444 commodities tracked on China's domestic spot market rose, 76 fell and 291 were unchanged. The strongest move was 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) (+6.40%), followed by Ethylene Oxide (EO) (+5.43%). The weakest was Polybutadiene Rubber (BR) (-19.10%).

Market pulse

Down

Unchanged

291

Items

444

Top gainers

Commodity	Sector	Last	Change
1,4-Butanediol (BDO)	Chemicals	1,409.80	+6.40%
Ethylene Oxide (EO)	Chemicals	1,450.94	+5.43%
Propylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether	Chemicals	2,131.53	+4.78%
Tripropylene Glycol Methyl Ether	Chemicals	2,056.74	+3.77%
Acetone	Chemicals	1,346.23	+3.75%
테트라페라오렌	Chemicals	1,829.87	+3.67%
Lithium Carbonate	Chemicals	20,043.86	+3.08%
Dichloromethane (DCM)	Chemicals	364.98	+2.95%
Petroleum Coke	Energy	523.92	+2.94%
Ammonium Sulfate	Chemicals	188.97	+2.71%

Top decliners

Commodity	Sector	Last	Change
Polybutadiene Rubber (BR)	Rubber & Plastics	1,899.41	-19.10%
형산	Chemicals	344.04	-8.00%
Propylene Oxide (PO)	Chemicals	1,680.29	-6.65%
Crude Oil	Energy	96.18	-5.72%
Dimethylformamide (DMF)	Chemicals	864.58	-4.30%
Eggs	Agriculture & Byproducts	1.56	-4.15%
Sulfuric Acid	Chemicals	259.90	-4.14%
Hydrogen Peroxide	Chemicals	107.70	-4.00%
Styrene	Chemicals	1,504.78	-3.64%
Octanol (2-Ethylhexanol)	Chemicals	1,411.05	-3.08%

By sector

Sector	Items	Up	Down	Unchanged	Avg. change
Chemicals	294	44	35	215	+0.02%
Non-ferrous Metals	28	10	5	13	+0.04%
Rubber & Plastics	18	3	9	6	-1.38%
Steel	16	5	6	5	-0.02%
Textiles	16	3	3	10	-0.07%
Energy	13	3	7	3	-0.74%
Agriculture & Byproducts	11	3	6	2	-0.54%
Building Materials	6	1	1	4	+0.33%
Other	2	0	0	2	0.00%

Equity indices

Index	Last	Previous	Change
CSI 300	4,532.07	4,510.02	+0.49%
SSE COMP	3,944.21	3,914.35	+0.76%
SZSE COMP	13,710.67	13,639.79	+0.52%
HSI 항셍	24,943.38	24,750.78	+0.78%
HSCEI	8,309.54	8,225.40	+1.02%
KOSPI	6,999.96	6,894.23	+1.53%
KOSDAQ	835.86	827.12	+1.06%
CHINEXT	3,393.27	3,371.56	+0.64%
STAR 50	1,654.16	1,652.70	+0.09%

2026-09-21 15:45 KST

FX

Pair	Last	Previous	Change
USD/KRW	1,377.48	1,385.95	-0.61%
CNY/KRW	205.87	207.00	-0.55%
JPY/KRW (100엔)	875.30	881.30	-0.68%
EUR/KRW	1,580.50	1,590.90	-0.65%
USD/CNY	6.6947	6.6970	-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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