Iraq will on Wednesday finalise a deal to buy one million tonnes of US wheat after 20 days of negotiations that have left two contenders to supply the grain, a senior trade official said on

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Tuesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill January 2006 480.00 -5.00 February 2006/April 2006 475.00 +0.00 May 2006/July 2006 476.00 +1.00. RAPEOIL: Dutch/EU euro tonne fob ex-mill

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Tuesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill January 2006 480.00 -5.00 February 2006/April 2006 475.00 +0.00 May 2006/July 2006 476.00 +1.00. RAPEOIL: Dutch/EU euro tonne fob ex-mill

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Cotton futures ended firmer Tuesday on combined trade and speculative fund buying, and the market may have enough momentum to plow higher in the days ahead, brokers said. The New York Board of Trade's key

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London cocoa slipped on Tuesday, eroding the previous day's gains after Ivory Coast set cocoa taxes and paved the way for exports of the new main crop, dealers said. The possibility of unrest in Ivory

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Renewed speculative buying drove most base metals higher during late Tuesday trading on the London Metal Exchange (LME), with copper hurdling back above $3,900 a tonne and zinc setting a new eight-year peak. Traders said

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Gold jumped 1.6 percent in European trade on Tuesday lifted by the dollar weakening against the euro and increased buying by investment funds, dealers said. The safe-haven metal also gained strength from a rise in

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US cocoa futures finished a shade softer Tuesday, pressured by fund selling in response to news that Ivory Coast set new taxes and levies, paving the way for new exports from the No 1 cocoa

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US coffee futures firmed on Tuesday, although prices were stuck within a week-long trading pattern as market players held back and waited for new directional signals, traders said. The New York Board of Trade's active

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Raw sugar prices settled higher Tuesday on speculative short covering as the market remains trapped in a band due to a dearth of fresh leads, brokers said. The New York Board of Trade's key March

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