Japan's Hitachi Ltd posted a 48 percent fall in quarterly profit on Monday, hurt by its loss-making hard-disk-drive operations, and it cut its full-year forecast more than expected, sending its shares lower. Hitachi's hard disk

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Japan's Hitachi Ltd posted a 48 percent fall in quarterly profit on Monday, hurt by its loss-making hard-disk-drive operations, and it cut its full-year forecast more than expected, sending its shares lower. Hitachi's hard disk

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The Bank of Japan said Monday that it expects the world's number two economy to break decisively out of deflation by next year as it upgraded its forecasts to show 1.8 percent growth in the

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Spot basis values for hard red winter wheat were mostly unchanged on Monday, with slow country movement, merchants said. Weather remained mild in the Plains with wheat emerging well, and rainfall over the weekend only

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Aluminium prices are expected to rise next year as the market, which was in balance this year, hits a patch of shortage, an analyst said on Monday. "We believe the market is going to move

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Shanghai copper futures fell on Monday amid bearish sentiment, as traders braced for a release of copper reserves held by the State Reserves Bureau. Copper inventories in warehouses monitored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose

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Nippon Steel Corp, the world's third-biggest steel maker, said on Monday its first-half net profit more than doubled due to strong sales of high-quality sheet steel, and raised its already record-high annual earnings outlook. The

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Nippon Steel Corp, the world's third-biggest steel maker, said on Monday its first-half net profit more than doubled due to strong sales of high-quality sheet steel, and raised its already record-high annual earnings outlook. The

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London sugar futures fell over two percent on fund sales on Monday after the WTO ordered the EU to limit sugar exports earlier than expected, triggering sell stops, traders said. "It is fund and trade

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India, the world's leading edible oil importer, on Monday raised base import prices of palm oils but cut the base price of crude soyabean oil which traders said would lead to increased soya oil imports.

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