Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Tuesday. EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: The benchmark pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index finished slightly firmer as record profits from Swiss bank UBS boosted demand for

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The FTSE 100 index closed higher on Tuesday, extending Monday's 2 percent gain, as investors remained hopeful for fresh bid activity and online casino PartyGaming climbed after strong figures from a rival. PartyGaming, which recently

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Plastics futures, a world-first launched on the London Metal Exchange (LME) on May 27, have taken root, and another thermo-plastics contract is on the cards, industry specialists said. Progress on the LME has been steady,

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The Chicago Board of Trade is looking to expand access to its products, especially in Asia, to boost trading volumes, Chief Executive Bernard Dan said on Monday. A shift in interest rate turnover out of

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Oil prices firmed a shade on Tuesday but held below the psychological $60 barrier as unusually warm weather in the US Northeast sapped demand for heating oil. US crude settled up 9 cents to $59.85

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Soyabean rust, which turned up in North Carolina last week, spread to three more counties within the state, the US Agriculture Department said on its rust-monitoring Web site. Soyarust, which can slash crop yields by

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Tuesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill January 2006 469.00 +2.00 February 2006/April 2006 469.00 +2.00 May 2006/July 2006 469.00 +1.00. RAPEOIL: Dutch/EU euro tonne fob ex-mill

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Tuesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill January 2006 469.00 +2.00 February 2006/April 2006 469.00 +2.00 May 2006/July 2006 469.00 +1.00. RAPEOIL: Dutch/EU euro tonne fob ex-mill

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Cotton futures finished with slight gains Tuesday on modest speculative and trade buying, but most players feel the market could slip due to US cotton harvest pressure and a weak technical outlook, brokers said. The

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London white sugar futures closed lower on continued speculator selling on Tuesday after a World Trade Organisation order to the EU to limit sugar exports by May 22, traders said. Front-month December settled down $3.50

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