South Korean shares edged lower on Wednesday, hit by sustained selling by foreign investors, while exporters such as LG.Philips LCD Co Ltd dropped following an unexpected dip in US consumer confidence. Hynix Semiconductor Inc dropped

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Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Wednesday. EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares ended higher, helped by Anglo American's plans to return up to $1 billion to shareholders and by

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UK stocks closed higher on Wednesday, bolstered by Anglo American on news the miner plans to give back up to $1 billion to investors and simplify its structure, while oil producers added further weight as

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Long regarded as risky alternatives, commodities are moving into the mainstream as ever more investors buy into the asset class and bouts of selling are viewed as consolidation in an enduring bull trend. Since around

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Oil prices fell on Wednesday after the US government said a jump in imports last week boosted crude oil supplies in the world's largest energy consumer. US crude supplies last week rose nearly 1.5 percent

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Iraq has awarded a buy tender for one million tonnes of wheat to two American firms, Columbia Grains and Louis Dreyfus, at $190 a tonne, a senior trade official told Reuters on Wednesday. He said

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Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill January 2006 476.00 -4.00 February 2006/April 2006 473.00 -2.00 May 2006/July 2006 475.00 -1.00. RAPEOIL: Dutch/EU euro tonne fob ex-mill

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Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill January 2006 476.00 -4.00 February 2006/April 2006 473.00 -2.00 May 2006/July 2006 475.00 -1.00. RAPEOIL: Dutch/EU euro tonne fob ex-mill

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Cotton futures finished easier Wednesday on sales by small speculators, but the overall tone of business was subdued and players were looking for leads to provide direction for the market, brokers said. The New York

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London white sugar futures closed lower on Wednesday on producer selling against Thursday's EU sugar export tender, traders said. Front-month December settled down $1.70 at $296.50 per tonne in volume of 2,274 lots, after trading

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