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China Commodities Daily Brief — 2026-10-13

As of 2026-10-13

On 2026-10-13, 63 of 443 commodities tracked on China's domestic spot market rose, 73 fell and 307 were unchanged. The strongest move was Diethylene Glycol Butyl Ether Acetate (+6.67%), followed by Dioctyl Sebacate (DOS) (+6.31%). The weakest was Carbon Black (-7.57%).

Market pulse

Down

Unchanged

307

Items

443

Top gainers

Commodity	Sector	Last	Change
Diethylene Glycol Butyl Ether Acetate	Chemicals	2,393.05	+6.67%
Dioctyl Sebacate (DOS)	Chemicals	3,752.60	+6.31%
Methyl Acetate	Chemicals	635.65	+4.94%
Chloroform	Chemicals	378.90	+4.83%
Polystyrene (PS)	Rubber & Plastics	1,774.31	+4.40%
Calcium Chloride Dihydrate	Chemicals	170.01	+3.02%
Nitrile Rubber (NBR)	Rubber & Plastics	2,837.15	+2.15%
Dimethylacetamide (DMAc)	Chemicals	1,142.68	+2.14%
Crude Oil	Energy	106.76	+1.84%
Dibasic Ester (DBE)	Chemicals	1,263.83	+1.68%

Top decliners

Commodity	Sector	Last	Change
Carbon Black	Chemicals	1,616.37	-7.57%
Diethylene Glycol (DEG)	Chemicals	947.25	-5.47%
Ethylene Glycol (MEG)	Chemicals	894.90	-4.52%
Methanol	Chemicals	580.81	-4.12%
Lithium Hydroxide (Battery Grade)	Chemicals	15,704.36	-2.78%
Lithium Carbonate	Chemicals	16,601.76	-2.63%
Nickel (Ingot)	Non-ferrous Metals	17,594.70	-2.52%
Ammonium Sulfate	Chemicals	188.45	-2.07%
Antimony	Non-ferrous Metals	15,154.08	-1.94%
Sulfur	Chemicals	1,073.73	-1.91%

By sector

Sector	Items	Up	Down	Unchanged	Avg. change
Chemicals	293	29	29	235	-0.01%
Non-ferrous Metals	28	5	14	9	-0.38%
Rubber & Plastics	18	8	6	4	+0.35%
Textiles	16	6	1	9	+0.24%
Steel	16	0	8	8	-0.20%
Energy	13	6	3	4	+0.18%
Agriculture & Byproducts	11	5	5	1	-0.06%
Building Materials	6	0	2	4	-0.15%
Other	2	0	0	2	0.00%

Equity indices

Index	Last	Previous	Change
CSI 300	4,268.60	4,284.10	-0.36%
SSE COMP	3,794.17	3,794.60	-0.01%
SZSE COMP	12,349.35	12,387.31	-0.31%
HSI 항셍	24,238.97	24,271.20	-0.13%
HSCEI	8,144.27	8,168.57	-0.30%
KOSPI	6,038.17	6,384.24	-5.42%
KOSDAQ	837.51	849.19	-1.38%
CHINEXT	2,958.48	2,963.85	-0.18%
STAR 50	1,425.52	1,425.65	-0.01%

2026-10-13 15:45 KST

FX

Pair	Last	Previous	Change
USD/KRW	1,342.88	1,334.20	+0.65%
CNY/KRW	200.56	199.42	+0.57%
JPY/KRW (100엔)	846.40	838.90	+0.89%
EUR/KRW	1,500.20	1,487.80	+0.83%
USD/CNY	6.6954	6.6918	+0.05%

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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