China Commodity Futures Close: Methanol Limit Up, Bitumen Up Over 6%

The breadth of gains across methanol, bitumen, olefins and aromatics points to a coordinated energy-and-petrochemicals move rather than an isolated squeeze, which matters for downstream plastics and fuel-blending economics. The divergence is equally telling: caustic soda's sharp drop and softness in apples, red dates and live hogs suggest the strength is concentrated in the energy chain, not a broad commodity reflation. Whether methanol holds its limit-up into the next session, and whether the soft agricultural and chlor-alkali names keep diverging, is the open question.