Archive for the February 22, 2019
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Sterling was lifted on Thursday by hopes that Prime Minister Theresa May can secure changes to her Brexit deal from Brussels. The British currency has swung wildly in recent sessions as May tries to persuade
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Chicago Board of Trade soyabean futures ended Wednesday on a positive note, amid technical buying and as a South American consultancy cut its forecast for Brazil's 2019 soya exports. Soyabeans started the day off on
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On Wednesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,712. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 9.125 billion and the number of lots traded 11,083. Major
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European wheat futures pared losses in late trading on Wednesday, rising off an earlier seven-month low as a French sale to Egypt helped ease jitters caused by competitive offers of Black Sea wheat. May milling
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Asia's naphtha crack for front-month first-half April rose by more than $5 to a 2-1/2 week high of $44.75 a tonne on Wednesday as crude extended losses and demand for the fuel for April has
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China's construction steel futures fell on Wednesday, as investors remained cautious about the strength of post-holiday demand from downstream users. Following the Lunar New Year holiday earlier this month, construction sites and manufacturing plants would
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The Karachi Port handled 97,767 tonnes of cargo comprising 66,435 tonnes of import cargo and 31,332 tonnes of export cargo including 7,015 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours
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Official spot rate after maintaining a stable trend for a long time fell on the cotton market on Thursday amid persisting tensions between India and Pakistan, dealers said. The official spot rate lost Rs 100
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Brazil's soyabean production in the 2018/2019 crop cycle is poised to fall by 4 percent from the previous cycle, according to the average forecast of 12 analysts polled by Reuters, as dry weather reversed expectations
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Chicago police on Thursday accused an American TV actor of exploiting the "pain and anger of racism" by staging an attack against himself as a "publicity stunt" to further his career. It is the latest
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