Archive for the February 27, 2019
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Chicago Board of Trade corn futures declined for the first time in four sessions on Monday on technical selling and spillover pressure from sharply lower wheat. CBOT May corn fell 4-1/2 cents to $3.80 per
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Chicago Board of Trade soyabean futures ended firm on Monday on hopes for a U.S.-China trade deal and after Beijing vowed to increase purchases of U.S. soya. CBOT May soyabeans ended up 1-1/4 cents at
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On Monday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,702. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 8.001 billion and the number of lots traded 10,028. Major
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Chinese steel and steel-making raw material retreated when market closed on Monday, despite positive market sentiment as Beijing and Washington moved closer to a trade deal. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would
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European wheat fell to more than seven-month lows on Monday in the wake of a slump on U.S. markets and concern about demand until the end of the season, traders said. Benchmark May milling wheat
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The Karachi Port handled 114,074 tonnes of cargo comprising 74,749 tonnes of import cargo and 39,325 tonnes of export cargo including 6,366 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours
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Volume of business improved on the local cotton market on Tuesday on expectations of a possible trade deal between the United States and China, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 8,600,
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Russian wheat export prices fell further last week, tracking a decline in US wheat futures, which were under pressure because of lacklustre interest in North American supplies from some major wheat importers, analysts said on
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US-backed forces in eastern Syria on Tuesday screened and treated truckloads of suspected jihadists and relatives who left a village where the Islamic State group's "caliphate" is making its last stand. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic
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Iran on Tuesday banned reformist newspaper Ghanoon for publishing an article about a meeting between Iran's supreme leader and visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. "Ghanoon daily has received notification
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