Archive for  December 2012
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Oil prices fell on Thursday as the downside risk to the euro zone economic outlook reinforced worries about demand for petroleum, while uncertainty about budget negotiations in the United States continued to stoke investor caution.
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Tokyo rubber futures ended lower on Thursday, slipping from a seven-week high hit the previous day, as weak economic data from the United States and Europe raised concerns about demand. The benchmark rubber contract on
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Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL EU degummed: euro tonne fob ex-mill January 2013 907.00 +2.00 February 2013/April 2013 907.00 +7.00. RAPEOIL Dutch/EU: euro tonne fob ex-mill February 2013/April 2013 919.00 +4.00
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Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL EU degummed: euro tonne fob ex-mill January 2013 907.00 +2.00 February 2013/April 2013 907.00 +7.00. RAPEOIL Dutch/EU: euro tonne fob ex-mill February 2013/April 2013 919.00 +4.00
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US soyabeans climbed to their highest level in nearly a month on Wednesday on a mix of technical strength and robust demand from exporters as well as domestic processors, traders said. Corn followed soyabeans higher
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Malaysian palm oil futures edged up 0.4 percent on Thursday as traders bet on demand rising in the face of tighter supplies of competing soyaoil due to unfavourable weather in Argentina. Wet weather in No
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Cocoa futures on Liffe turned firm on Thursday after hitting their 200-day moving average and pushing the spot contract's premium to the highest level in more than two years. Arabica coffee futures climbed from a
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Gold slipped to a one-month low below $1,700 an ounce on Wednesday as a weaker price forecast by Goldman Sachs triggered some fund liquidation, offsetting news of fresh central bank buying. Bullion later rebounded off
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Gold edged down on Thursday, holding near a one-month low hit in the previous session, pressured by a slightly stronger dollar as investors await a policy meeting of the European Central Bank for fresh clues
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Gold prices held steady above $1,690 an ounce on Thursday, as buyers stayed sidelined after the European Central Bank left rates unchanged as expected, and on uncertainty over talks to avert a US fiscal crisis.
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