Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill February 2005 378.00 +3.00 March 2005 377.00 +2.00 April 2005 377.00 +4.00 May 2005/July 2005 374.00 +1.00 August 2005/October 2005

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Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill February 2005 378.00 +3.00 March 2005 377.00 +2.00 April 2005 377.00 +4.00 May 2005/July 2005 374.00 +1.00 August 2005/October 2005

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Cotton futures settled higher Friday on late trade and speculative short-covering right before the market goes into delivery period next Tuesday after a holiday weekend, brokers said. The cotton market will be closed Monday for

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Robusta coffee in London settled up but failed to challenge last week's two-year high even as fund buying kept New York's arabica market firm, dealers said. Liffe's benchmark May turned over 3,970 lots before finishing

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London Metal Exchange (LME) copper closed firmer on Friday after setting a 16-year peak as fund buying triggered short covering and put the market within sight of an all-time high of $3,280 set in 1989,

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Gold and silver turned higher on Friday in Europe as the euro fought higher against the dollar and lifted sentiment, but dealers were reticent on the market's ability to go much higher. Spot gold firmed

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Arabica coffee futures edged higher amid thin trading volumes Friday, with roasters taking an opportunity to fix their positions ahead of a long weekend. At the New York Board of Trade's the active May arabica

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Cocoa futures ended modestly higher Friday after early speculative buying took the benchmark contract up to a two-month high before paring gains ahead of a three-day weekend, traders said. The New York Board of Trade's

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Raw sugar futures finished softer Friday on sales from trade accounts and switch trade as investors moved their positions out of the spot month ahead of a holiday weekend, analysts said. The raw sugar market

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Wheat futures at the Chicago Board of Trade turned up early on Friday following another surge in soybeans, traders said. Traders said spillover buying by speculators was buoying wheat futures. "All eyes are on beans,

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