Archive for  December 2012
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US soyabean futures dropped 2 percent on Tuesday, their biggest daily decline in more than a month, due to China's decision to cancel a purchase of 300,000 tonnes of US supplies, traders said. Corn prices
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Malaysian palm oil futures inched lower for a second day on Wednesday as sluggish exports in the first half of the month fan concerns that stockpiles in the world's No 2 producer could hit another
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Cocoa futures on Liffe dropped to a five-month low in heavy volume on Wednesday as origin selling and speculative long liquidation spurred falls below key levels, while raw sugar fell stalling a rebound from its
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Gold fell almost 2 percent on Tuesday to its lowest price since August, hit by heavy technical selling and growing hopes that US legislators are closer to reaching a deal that would avert a fiscal
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Gold regained strength on Wednesday as a weaker US dollar spurred buying from jewellers, but prices were still within sight of an almost four-month low given signs of progress in US fiscal talks that dented
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Gold steadied on Wednesday, after sliding to 3-1/2-month lows in the previous session, benefiting from a rally in equities and the euro to multi-month highs on progress in US fiscal talks and well received German
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US grain and soya futures fell early on Wednesday, with the benchmark corn contract hitting its lowest level in more than five months after a bearish acreage forecast hit the market. The weakness in corn
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Gold steadied with little overall change early on Wednesday, after dropping the previous session to a 3-1/2-month low, as encouraging US home building permits data and rising German business morale boosted bullion's inflation-hedge appeal. Rallies
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Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (Pima) has condemned killing of polio workers in Karachi and Peshawar during current national immunisation campaign that begun in the country on Monday. Dr Misbahul Aziz, Pima President in a statement
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Pak Oasis has signed the United Nation Global Compact (UNGC) at a ceremony held here at local hotel on Wednesday. The ceremony was attended among others by President of UN Global Compact Network Pakistan Ahsanullah
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