Archive for the January 4, 2017
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Asia's naphtha crack recovered from the 1-1/2-week low hit on December 30 to touch a two-session high of $74.08 a tonne on Tuesday as a steady stream of demand from North Asia helped soaked up
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On Friday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,068. The total traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 2.66 billion and the number of lots traded was
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Algeria's state grains agency OAIC has issued an international tender to buy optional-origin soft milling wheat, European traders said on Monday. The tender sought a nominal 50,000 tonnes but Algeria often buys considerably more in
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Vietnamese coffee prices remained stable as the market continued to soak in the holiday spirit, leading to a subdued first trading day in the new year, traders said on Tuesday. Traders quoted robusta grade 2,
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European wheat futures were little changed in thin volumes on Monday as New Year holiday closures in the United States and elsewhere encouraged many traders to stay on the sidelines. A weaker euro lent some
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The Karachi Port handled 163,073 tonnes of cargo comprising 138,142 tonnes of import cargo and 24,931 tonnes of export cargo including 9,546 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours
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Lacklustre condition was seen on the cotton market on Tuesday as leading buyers remained on the sidelines amid release of the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) report, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged
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Indian soyabean and soyaoil futures rose on Monday, helped by tight supplies and higher demand. The January soyaoil contract on the National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX) was up 1.22 percent at 724.80 Indian
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More than two dozen mills in India's top sugar producing western state of Maharashtra have stopped crushing due to cane shortage while many more mills are likely to shut before February end, a producers' body
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China plans to boost production of biodegradable plastics made out of corn and increase the use of the grain as an animal feed in the next three years, the government said on Thursday, the latest
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