Archive for the October 29, 2005
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US cocoa futures dropped about 2 percent across the board Friday, knocked down by speculative selling here and producer hedging overseas as the new West African main crop readies for export, traders said. The New
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London white sugar futures closed down three percent on Friday after the World Trade Organisation ordered the European Union to limit sugar exports by May 22, a date earlier than expected by the sugar market,
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Active harvest of the US corn crop continued to weigh on Chicago Board of Trade corn futures early on Friday as new contract lows were notched for the fifth consecutive day, traders said. At 10:10
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Wheat futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were lower on Friday amid a slide in soy and jitters about the fate of a reported sale of US wheat to Iraq, traders said. Pit sources
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US copper futures trimmed sharp losses sustained on huge inventory injections, helped by the US economy growing at a faster-than-expected clip in the third quarter, traders said on Friday. Copper fell overnight when the weekly
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Soyabean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade slipped early on Friday on a technical breakdown, with the November contract falling below a key support level at $5.66-1/2, traders said. The move came before first
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US gold futures pulled back to a three-day low early on Friday, hit by speculative selling after a rise in the dollar and strong US GDP data capped the recent investment interest in the metals
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Debut credit ratings for German tourism and container shipping group TUI AG buoyed the group's debt on Friday, while continued fears of a buyout spooked credit investors in Danish telecoms company TDC. TUI AG on
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Debut credit ratings for German tourism and container shipping group TUI AG buoyed the group's debt on Friday, while continued fears of a buyout spooked credit investors in Danish telecoms company TDC. TUI AG on
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Indian share prices fell below the 7,700 mark Friday as overseas and domestic funds continued to sell index stocks amid weak sentiment, dealers said. The Mumbai stock exchange's 30-share Sensex index fell 112.85 points or
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