Malaysian palm oil futures rose in late trade on Friday to close the year up 25.1 percent for the strongest annual gain since 2010. Other related palm oil products also recorded their biggest annual gains

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New York cocoa futures fell to the lowest level in more than 3-1/2 years on Friday as fast-paced production in top grower Ivory Coast heightened concerns about excess supplies in the 2016/17 season. Dealers said

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Gold prices rose 1 percent to their highest in more than two weeks on Thursday as US bond yields declined on waning risk appetite, reducing the US dollar's appeal against safe-haven currencies such as the

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Gold was set to close out 2016 up more than 9 percent for its first annual gain in four years, edging higher in the final trading session of the year on Friday on the back

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Gold hit a two-week high on Friday on a weaker dollar and was set to close 2016 about 9 percent higher, snapping three years of declines. Spot gold reached its highest since December 14 at

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Brazil's 2016/17 winter corn crop is estimated at a record 59.9 million tonnes, up from 40.7 million tonnes in the previous season, private consultant AgRural said on Monday. The country's total corn crop is projected

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro again delayed removing the country's largest bank note from circulation Thursday, after a botched plan to retire it triggered violent protests. The 100-bolivar note will now remain legal tender until January

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The US on Friday took aim at a relative newcomer to Japan's Yakuza crime network, slapping financial sanctions on the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi network it says uses legitimate businesses to launder money. The move freezes any

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday tried to bring in foreign investment and slash corruption by temporarily banning the tax police from conducting unannounced checks on companies' operations. The measure is also supposed to let

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China's outstanding foreign debt rose 3 percent in the third quarter, data from the foreign exchange regulator showed on Friday, quickening from a 2.2 percent rise in the second quarter. Foreign debt at the end

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