Archive for the December 31, 2005
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US FOB Gulf corn offers were higher on Thursday amid some export interest in smaller cargoes, while soyabeans were steady in a quiet market. Traders said offers for hard and soft red winter wheat were
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Zambia's copper output rose 7.6 percent to 402,983 tonnes in November 2005 compared with output for the same month last year, the central bank said on Friday. Bank of Zambia (BoZ) Governor Caleb Fundanga told
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Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed lower on Thursday in a technical setback after the recent fund-driven rally to two-month highs, traders said. A late break in soybean futures also weighed on
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Prices moved both ways in the forward cottonseed oilcake market on Friday as some needy buyers bought few lots to cover the immediate needs, they said. The January vaida opened unchanged at Rs 447.70. Later,
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Listless trading was seen on the cotton market on Friday as most of the dealers kept on the sideline in the absence of fresh leads, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs
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Firm trend was seen on the grain market on Friday as al most all commodities maintained the overnight levels in the absence of proper enquiries by the buyers, dealers said. Copyright Business Recorder, 2005
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Spring wheat futures on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange were lower on Thursday in a technical setback from Wednesday's climb to near contract highs, traders said. The nine-day relative strength index for the MGE March contract
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US benchmark cocoa futures prices rose two percent to a 3-1/2-month high on Thursday on fund and speculative buying amid light producer sales and bullish technical signals on the price charts, traders said. The New
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US coffee futures settled narrowly mixed Thursday, with speculators taking small profits after driving prices up to their loftiest levels in more than a month, traders said. The New York Board of Trade's (NYBOT) active
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Firm cash soy markets should limit soy deliveries on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) January futures contract to roughly 400 to 600 lots, traders and analysts said on Thursday. Friday is first notice day
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