Archive for the January 7, 2018
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Opec deepened compliance with an oil supply-cutting deal in December due to a further decline in Venezuelan output and extra cuts by Gulf exporters, a Reuters survey found, showing strong commitment to the deal despite
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Hedge funds and other money managers cut their net long US crude futures and options positions in the week to January 2, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Friday. The speculator group
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ICE cotton futures slid 1.5 percent on Friday in their biggest one-day percentage loss since late October, as traders booked profits after prices rose above the key 80-cent level for the first time since June
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Hot, dry weather last week in most of top grower Ivory Coast's cocoa regions has raised fears about bean quality and production for the remainder of the main crop, farmers said on Tuesday. Ivory Coast's
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Early harvesting in Brazil's Mato Grosso state indicates soya producers had a good start to the year, growers association Aprosoja told Reuters on Friday. Work began in the regions of Sinop, Sapezal and Primavera do
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Benefited by good weather, Brazil's 2017/18 soyabean crop, which farmers are now beginning to harvest, is expected to surpass 110 million tonnes, the second-largest in history, according to the average of 11 forecasts in a
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Wells Fargo & Co has asked its main regulator if it may buy platinum and lease it to a client in a test of a new rule meant to limit banks' exposure to volatile commodity
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Exchange operator CME Group Inc will allow a type of privately negotiated transaction in all its agricultural markets for the first time on Monday, splitting traders who predict the move will either improve or hurt
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Ukraine's Elina Svitolina laid down her marker as a serious contender for the Australian Open when she demolished Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2, 6-1 in the Brisbane International final on Saturday. Svitolina won five titles
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Roger Federer's perfect start to the new year continued when he dismantled the game of world number four Alexander Zverev in the final of the mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth on Saturday. Unbeaten in
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