Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill December 2005 unquoted January 2006 442.00 +0.00 February 2006/April 2006 440.00 +0.00 May 2006/July 2006 445.00 +0.00 August 2006/October 2006

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Cotton futures settled higher Friday as late speculative short-covering and window dressing for the end of 2005 gave the market a boost and analysts feel this will likely spill over into the next year. The

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London white sugar futures closed at a new nine-year peak on Friday, boosted by fund buying in quiet conditions, dealers said. The benchmark first position contract ended the year 37 percent up from the end

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Copper prices fell away during late Friday trading on the London Metal Exchange (LME), hit by selling on the last business day of 2005 to finish lower. Other metals also gave back some of their

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Gold was little changed in quiet trade in Europe late on Friday, but 2005 will be one of the precious metal's strongest performing years, with investors chasing big returns from the metal, dealers said. Gold

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US coffee futures finished at a new 7-week high on Friday, with light industry buying helping the market extend the gains in the last trading week of the year, traders said. The New York Board

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US cocoa futures eked out modest gains Friday after participants took profits on the benchmark contract's 3-1/2-month peak scaled earlier in the session, traders said. On its last trading day of the year, the New

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Raw sugar prices ended easier Friday on speculative profit-taking but the sweetener is up over 60 percent from last year and the market's rally is seen spilling over into 2006 after a holiday break, brokers

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Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were lower early on Friday amid bearish export news and follow-through technical selling after the steep slide in prices late Thursday, traders said. Traders and analysts continue

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Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade were lower early on Friday in light follow-through selling after Thursday's weak close, traders said. As of 10:45 am CST (1645 GMT), CBOT March wheat was down

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