Archive for the December 29, 2016
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Palm oil on the European vegetable oils market was mostly firmer on Tuesday, the first trading day following the Christmas break, as Malaysian palm oil futures rose on optimism over exports and due to strength
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The heavy rains that pelted parts of Argentina over the weekend did not reach the south-eastern part of the bread-basket province of Buenos Aires, where dryness is threatening to dent soyabean production, local farm weather
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On Tuesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,046. The total traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 2.29 billion and the number of lots traded was
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US natural gas futures hit an over two-year high and jumped nearly 3 percent on Tuesday on colder weather forecasts for January. Front-month gas futures for January delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose
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European wheat prices rose on Tuesday, supported by soaring US markets at a time when the euro remains low against the dollar but activity was thin with many operators on Christmas holiday. March milling wheat
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The Karachi Port handled 126,105 tonnes of cargo comprising 112,172 tonnes of import cargo and 13,933 tonnes of export cargo including 3,631 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours
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The trade activity improved on the cotton market on Wednesday as spinners and mills took interest in fresh buying, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 6200, dealers said. In Sindh, seed
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Export premiums for corn and soyabeans shipped from the US Gulf Coast were mostly steady on Tuesday, supported by overseas demand, traders said. US corn is competitively priced in the global market through March, after
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Luxury hotel group New Mauritius Hotels on Wednesday swung to a loss of 758 million rupees ($21.14 million) in the year to September 30 from a pretax profit of 230 million rupees a year earlier,
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China needs a real estate tax to control rising property prices and narrow the gap between rich and poor, Fan Gang, a member of the central bank monetary policy committee, was quoted as saying. Reasons
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