Oil prices rose above $60 a barrel on Thursday after US government data reported a drop in distillate supplies, offsetting an unexpected rise in crude stocks. US light crude for February rose 38 cents at

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Peru, the world's No 7 coffee producer, should produce a record 4.7 million 100-pound (46-kg) bags in 2006 as good weather, higher prices and fewer pests lift output, an influential growers group said on Thursday.

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Thursday'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 -2.00 May 2006/July 2006 445.00 +0.00 August 2006/October 2006

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Thursday'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 -2.00 May 2006/July 2006 445.00 +0.00 August 2006/October 2006

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Cotton futures ended lower Thursday on late trade and speculative sales in modest business in front of the New Year holiday break, brokers said. The cotton market will be closing 75 minutes early on Friday

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London white sugar futures closed slightly higher on Thursday after earlier rising to a fresh nine-year peak boosted by speculative buying and trade short-covering, dealers said. March rose to a contract high of $353.00 a

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Copper prices ended a jumpy session lower on the London Metal Exchange (LME) on Thursday, having fluctuated widely in a softer range throughout. Other metals largely finished the penultimate trading session of 2005 softer, restrained

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Gold eased in late European trade on Thursday as investors booked profit after the metal's rise to a two-week high on speculative fund buying, dealers said. Spot gold was at $511.20/$511.90 an ounce by 1534

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US coffee futures settled narrowly mixed Thursday, with speculators taking small profits after driving prices up to their loftiest levels in more than a month, traders said. The New York Board of Trade's (NYBOT) active

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US benchmark cocoa futures prices rose 2 percent to a 3-1/2-month high Thursday on fund and speculative buying amid light producer sales and bullish technical signals on the price charts, traders said. The New York

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