Today’s Futures News

Today’s Futures News

• Europe Stock Futures, Commodities Rise as Yen Drops on U.S. Bill
  Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) — European stock-index futures and Asian shares rose, extending last year's 13 percent global rally, metals led commodities higher while Japan's yen and the dollar weakened after U.S. lawmakers passed a bill that averted spending …
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• Gold Futures Near Two-Week High as U.S. Closes In on Budget Deal
  Gold rose to a two-week high in London, as commodities gained and the dollar weakened after U.S. lawmakers passed legislation to avert the so-called fiscal cliff of automatic spending cuts and tax increases. The U.S. Dollar Index, a gauge against six …
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• 8 For '13: Commodities ETFs For 2013
  With 2012 in the books, it is fair to say it was a mixed year for commodities exchange-traded products. Due to the European sovereign debt crisis, slowing growth and demand in the emerging world and persistent concerns about the U.S. recovery, …
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• This book may convert you to whole grains
  Maybe your experience with whole grains is like mine: For years I wanted to include more of them in my family's diet. I would try them, one after another — quinoa, wheat berries, farro, spelt — a meal with each, and the remainder of the uncooked …
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• India Losing Iron Ore Market as Courts Shut Mines: Commodities
  Ambar Timblo has no work. For the first time in six decades his family's iron ore mines in India's western state of Goa are idle. A court-imposed ban on production drove away his biggest buyers in China and Japan. “It will take me a decade to win back …
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• A Tamer but Still 'Wild West'

  Long known as the Wild West of asset classes, commodities took a walk on the mild side in 2012. That could point to a new, potentially calmer stage in the decadelong rally, defined by more balanced markets. The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index, which … See all stories on this topic »

  Wall Street Journal

• Wheat posts largest 2012 gain among commodities

  CHICAGO: Wheat and soybean futures edged lower on Monday, but ended the year as the best performers in a basket of commodities, including crude oil, as demand lifted prices and the worst drought in half a century crimped supplies. Wheat posted the … See all stories on this topic »

  Economic Times

• Commodities fear as mighty Mississippi runs dry in drought

  It may be America's largest waterway, but now even the mighty Mississippi is being choked by drought, as historically low water levels threaten to halt the flow of vital commodities from the heart of the US, with potentially devastating economic … See all stories on this topic »

  The Independent