Archive for the November 1, 2005
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Copper futures edged up in Asia on Monday but were pressured by a fall in Shanghai prices, with the market lacking clear direction due to this week's London Metal Exchange annual convention. The three-month LME
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Gold fell slightly in Asia on Monday ahead of a US Federal Reserve interest-rate meeting which is likely to prompt book-squaring in the bullion market. Dealers said a fall below the $466-$470 level could trigger
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South Korea's state-run Public Procurement Service (PPS) has bought 400 tonnes of Thai RSS No 3 (Ribbed Smoked Sheet) rubber via a tender, a PPS official said on Monday. But the official said the PPS
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Oil fell below $61 a barrel on Monday but was mired in its recent range, with traders torn between the looming spike in winter fuel demand and the potential for high energy costs to curb
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Malaysian exports of oil palm products for October are estimated to have risen 2.5 percent to 1,239,339 tonnes from the 1,209,350 tonnes tracked for September, Societe Generale de Surveillance, a cargo surveyor, said on Monday.
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Malaysian tin extended its gains on Monday, helped by increases in London, in thin trading ahead of this week's Muslim holidays. The Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) spot contract closed up $50, or 0.8 percent,
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Asian oil product swaps edged lower on Monday, as US crude futures fell under $61 a barrel and regrade values weakened due to abundant jet-kerosene supplies in Japan. Brokers quoted November regrade, or the spread
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Indian soya futures were firm on lower arrivals of soyabean and market talk the government was considering a change in tariff values of oils, while gold fell marginally with little impact from bomb blasts in
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Thai sugar premiums are likely to hold steady over the next few days, backed by expectations of a smaller crop and demand from Indonesia, traders said on Monday. Thai exporters offered Thai 100 ICUMSA white
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Thai rice futures dipped on Monday as investors sold contracts to avoid risks, waiting to see how prices move when the government starts buying rice from farmers on November 1, brokers said. Overall volume dropped
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