The European credit market was driven once again by new issues on Wednesday, as Portugal sold the latest in a string of sovereign syndicated deals, and France's Alstom priced a debt exchange. Spreads on outstanding

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Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Wednesday. EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: European shares snapped a four-session rally as investors used a hint by the US Federal Reserve that more monetary

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Britain's FTSE 100 index closed lower on Wednesday led down by banks as recent talk of mergers died down, although miners were strong as BHP Billiton more than doubled first-half profit on demand for metals

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Cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast have threatened an indefinite strike from next week unless their demand that the government finances co-operatives' bean purchases is met, a union spokesman said on Wednesday. The strike threat in

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Savvy investors, wary about the durability of the current commodity bull cycle, are adopting trading strategies designed to play both sides of the market, a consultant said on Wednesday. Jeffrey Christian, managing director of US-based

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Oil prices surged more than a dollar on Wednesday as worries over a possible Opec output cut this spring countered a rise in crude and gasoline stocks in the United States. US light crude was

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Oil prices surged more than a dollar on Wednesday as worries over a possible Opec output cut this spring countered a rise in crude and gasoline stocks in the United States. US light crude was

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London benchmark May white sugar futures settled down two percent, or $5.5, at $270.0 a tonne on arbitrage sales against the New York raw sugar futures market, traders said. "It is arbitrage selling against New

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Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill April 2005 373.00 +0.00 May 2005/July 2005 373.00 +0.00 August 2005/October 2005 373.00 +0.00 November 2005/January 2006 373.00. RAPEOIL: Dutch/EU

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Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill April 2005 373.00 +0.00 May 2005/July 2005 373.00 +0.00 August 2005/October 2005 373.00 +0.00 November 2005/January 2006 373.00. RAPEOIL: Dutch/EU

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