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China Commodities Daily Brief — 2026-10-08

As of 2026-10-08

On 2026-10-08, 74 of 443 commodities tracked on China's domestic spot market rose, 54 fell and 315 were unchanged. The strongest move was 단소 후 코크스 (+10.07%), followed by Liquid Ammonia (+9.45%). The weakest was Calcium Carbide (-6.18%).

Market pulse

Down

Unchanged

315

Items

443

Top gainers

Commodity	Sector	Last	Change
단소 후 코크스	Energy	473.54	+10.07%
Liquid Ammonia	Chemicals	415.44	+9.45%
Dimethylacetamide (DMAc)	Chemicals	1,117.81	+9.04%
Styrene	Chemicals	1,721.55	+8.58%
Dimethyl Disulfide	Chemicals	2,386.06	+7.88%
PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid)	Textiles	1,172.99	+7.22%
EPS	Rubber & Plastics	1,923.47	+7.07%
Dimethyl Ether (DME)	Energy	841.51	+5.63%
Methanol	Chemicals	707.35	+5.34%
Cyclohexane	Chemicals	1,070.99	+4.88%

Top decliners

Commodity	Sector	Last	Change
Calcium Carbide	Chemicals	385.56	-6.18%
Sulfur	Chemicals	1,106.21	-3.89%
Eggs	Agriculture & Byproducts	1.29	-3.15%
Coking Coal	Energy	339.65	-2.57%
Gasoline	Energy	1,496.73	-2.55%
Diesel	Energy	1,404.90	-2.22%
Iron Ore	Steel	101.50	-1.39%
PVC	Rubber & Plastics	717.10	-1.34%
Acetone	Chemicals	1,253.43	-1.32%
Silver	Non-ferrous Metals	2,190.23	-1.30%

By sector

Sector	Items	Up	Down	Unchanged	Avg. change
Chemicals	293	38	20	235	+0.20%
Non-ferrous Metals	28	3	7	18	-0.12%
Rubber & Plastics	18	11	1	6	+1.06%
Textiles	16	6	3	7	+0.79%
Steel	16	1	9	6	-0.23%
Energy	13	5	5	3	+0.94%
Agriculture & Byproducts	11	6	4	1	-0.01%
Building Materials	6	0	2	4	-0.24%
Other	2	1	0	1	+0.24%

Equity indices

Index	Last	Previous	Change
CSI 300	4,291.82	4,358.13	-1.52%
SSE COMP	3,796.98	3,842.99	-1.20%
SZSE COMP	12,548.50	12,890.45	-2.65%
HSI 항셍	23,865.73	24,130.50	-1.10%
HSCEI	8,037.59	8,082.40	-0.55%
KOSPI	6,666.92	6,803.90	-2.01%
KOSDAQ	893.44	898.43	-0.56%
CHINEXT	3,014.85	3,135.60	-3.85%
STAR 50	1,447.37	1,529.92	-5.40%

2026-10-08 15:45 KST

FX

Pair	Last	Previous	Change
USD/KRW	1,338.35	1,339.54	-0.09%
CNY/KRW	199.82	199.76	+0.03%
JPY/KRW (100엔)	844.00	845.50	-0.18%
EUR/KRW	1,498.90	1,499.60	-0.05%
USD/CNY	6.7010	6.6933	+0.12%

China macro indicators

Indicator	Value	Previous	Period
Manufacturing PMI	52.1	51.5	2026-09
Non-Mfg PMI	50.2	49.0	2026-09
Caixin Services PMI	51.6	51.4	2026-09
GDP Growth (YoY)	4.3%	5.0	2026 Q2
CPI (YoY)	0.8%	0.5	2026-08
PPI (YoY)	+3.8%	3.5	2026-08
Urban Unemployment	5.3%	5.2	2026-08
LPR 1Y	3.00%	3.0	2026-09
Reserve Ratio (RRR)	7.50%	7.5	2026-08
Trade Balance	+$119.0B	112.0	2026-08
Retail Sales (MoM)	-0.13%	0.01	2026-08
USD/CNY	6.71	6.71	2026-09
SSE Composite	3,842	3830	2026-09

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