Rough rice futures at the Chicago Board of Trade closed steady to weaker on Monday, underpinned by light commercial buying, traders said. Commercial buying surfaced at the day's lows, helping the market recovery. January rice

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Indian gold futures raced higher on Tuesday, as spot prices in Asia climbed above $500 an ounce. Soyaoil rose on firmer global prices but sugar dropped as crop arrivals picked up. December gold at the

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Malaysian crude palm oil futures closed below 1,400 ringgit ($370) a tonne on Tuesday after briefly regaining the key support level it lost a day ago. Dealers said the market could not sustain its highs

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South Korean factory output rose a seasonally adjusted 1.0 percent in October, official data showed on Tuesday, a second straight monthly rise that supported the central bank's tightening bias and knocked bond prices lower. The

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European Union president Britain came under renewed pressure on Tuesday to secure a deal on the bloc's long-term budget in December, but diplomats were increasingly pessimistic about a possible compromise. France again urged Britain to

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The world's number two truck maker, Sweden's Volvo, has signed agreements to deliver 152 buses in China, the firm said on Tuesday. Volvo, whose bus business has two joint venture companies in China, said in

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India's economy is set to grow 7.5 percent in the year to March, 2006, and Asia's third largest economy should see that rising to 10 percent in 2-3 years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on

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The world's poorest countries on Tuesday won more time to abide by global intellectual property rules such as trademarks and copyright, but a final deal on access to cheap medicines remained elusive. The World Trade

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Malaysia's state-controlled carmaker, Proton Holdings Bhd, reported a second straight quarterly loss on Tuesday, stung by its investment in an Italian motorbike firm, and poached a new boss from a rival. Proton, whose domestic market

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Malaysia's state-controlled carmaker, Proton Holdings Bhd, reported a second straight quarterly loss on Tuesday, stung by its investment in an Italian motorbike firm, and poached a new boss from a rival. Proton, whose domestic market

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