Chicago Board of Trade rough rice futures closed higher on Monday as end-of-the-month short covering helped values rebound from last week's slide to contract lows, traders said. March rice settled up 11-1/2 cents at $6.67

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Tokyo rubber futures slipped on Tuesday hit by profit-taking after the key contract touched a roughly 2 1/2-month high the previous day. The benchmark July rubber contract on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange closed down 1.1

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Large and medium-sized Ukrainian agriculture companies had 13.2 million tonnes of grain, including 5.2 million tonnes of wheat, in stocks as of January 1, 2005, the State Statistics Committee said on Tuesday. The committee said

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Indonesian rubber prices are likely to stay firm this week on expectations Chinese buyers would actively enter the market ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday amidst tightening supplies in the region, traders said on

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Thai rubber futures retreated on Tuesday as players took profits from recent gains, influenced by TOCOM, brokers said. Overall volume slipped as 150 contracts of ribbed smoked sheet number three (RSS 3) were traded compared

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Raw sugar futures finished higher on Monday as funds bought to add to their long positions amid producer selling in an otherwise featureless session, traders said. "Funds continued to buy. More of the same likes

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Choppy trading was evident on Monday in the Chicago Board of Trade soyabean futures pit and prices ended narrowly mixed, traders said. Active March CBOT soya closed 3/4 cent per bushel higher at $5.14-3/4 per

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Several Vietnamese exporters sold coffee for spot shipment in recent days but most were reluctant to offer for future deliveries as they anticipated a price rise next month on dry weather, traders said on Tuesday.

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All the commercial centres remained closed in Malaysia on Tuesday due to local holiday. Copyright Reuters, 2005

Nearby Chinese copper futures rose on Tuesday on the Shanghai futures exchange, lifted by tight stocks and high cash prices. February copper clocked the largest gains, rising 200 yuan ($24.17) from Monday's close to end

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