Archive for  December 2012
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Cotton's three-day rally came to an abrupt end on Thursday as recent speculative and trade buying dried up and some investors locked in profits after prices touched fresh multi-month highs. After initially extending the previous
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The most-traded April copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 0.2 percent at 57,680 yuan ($9,200) a tonne on Friday, gaining 1.8 percent for the week. Demand for physical copper remained tepid. The
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Copper fell slightly on Friday on a stronger dollar and uncertainty over the outcome of a last-chance round of US budget talks, but signs that top consumer China's economy is recovering limited losses. The metal
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Oil prices settled lower on Friday after US data showed a sharp rise in gasoline inventories and as investors worried that US budget negotiators may not reach a deal in time to avert a fiscal
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Key Tokyo rubber futures rose for a fifth day in a row to touch a more than 7-1/2 month high on Friday as trade for 2012 ended with a 15 percent gain, bolstered by a
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Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL EU degummed: euro tonne fob ex-mill January 2013 862.00 February 2013/April 2013 865.00 May 2013/July 2013 850.00. RAPEOIL Dutch/EU: euro tonne fob ex-mill February 2013/April 2013
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Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL EU degummed: euro tonne fob ex-mill January 2013 862.00 February 2013/April 2013 865.00 May 2013/July 2013 850.00. RAPEOIL Dutch/EU: euro tonne fob ex-mill February 2013/April 2013
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US grain and soyabean futures lost ground on Thursday as worries about the "fiscal cliff" weighed on commodities despite signs of bullish supply and demand fundamentals for some crops. The nearby March wheat contract on
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Malaysian palm oil futures touched a near two-month high on Friday, posting a second straight weekly gain as traders expect record stocks in the world's No.2 producer to ease on lower production and higher shipments.
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Raw sugar futures on ICE turned lower after hitting a three-week high on Friday, loosing upward momentum after extending a rebound above the 50-day moving average. Cocoa also dipped, touching the lowest level in months,
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