Today’s Futures News

Today’s Futures News

• US emerges as a commodities bright spot
  Ask the boss of any major commodities trading house for a bright spot in raw materials demand and the answer may surprise you. It is not China, India, Brazil or any other superfast growing emerging country, but the US.
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• Palm Oil Climbs; Wheat Gains; Metals Rise: Commodities at Close
  GRAINS, OILSEEDS, SOFT COMMODITIES. Wheat advanced to the highest level in more than a month as winter-kill hit grains in Russia, last year's third-largest shipper, deepening concerns about global supply amid a persistent U.S. drought. The grain for …
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• Buy MCX Nickel at Rs 934: Dani Commodities

  Dani Commodities has come out with its report on base metals. According to the research firm, one can buy MCX Nickel at Rs 934 with a stoploss of Rs 928 for a target of Rs 942. Source: Moneycontrol.com … See all stories on this topic »

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• Deutsche Bank criticized for resumed commodities trade

  Germany's largest bank said over the weekend it planned to resume dealing in derivatives linked to food commodities as itself saw no conclusive evidence of speculators being responsible for rising prices of agricultural produce. Conflicting interests … See all stories on this topic »

  Deutsche Welle

• ETF launches Swiss franc-hedged exchange-traded commodities
  ZURICH, Jan 22 (Reuters) – ETF Securities is to launch a string of products on the Swiss exchange on Tuesday designed to cut the risk of exposure to currency fluctions for commodities investors in Switzerland. The London-based issuer of exchange-traded …
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• Palm Favored by Ospraie Rising as Reserves Retreat: Commodities
  Palm oil is rebounding from a seven- month bear market after Malaysia, the second-biggest grower, cut export taxes to diminish record stockpiles. Inventories will drop 16 percent to 2.2 million metric tons by March, the most since 2010, after tariffs …
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• Amazing Grains to Feature Cricket Bars
  The bars are the first product in the US to promote insect protein as a healthy and sustainable choice of the future. The store is expecting the more adventurous taste buds to come give it a try. Amazing Grains is the first store in North Dakota to …
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• WGC Rebuts Harvard Study; Stands Behind Whole Grains Stamp
  Recently, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health released a study that claimed that products using the Whole Grain Stamp contain more sugar and more calories than products without the Stamp. The study suggested using a different criterion …
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• IGC sees lower grains and oilseeds output
  GRAINS and oilseeds markets posted steep declines through December and early January but recovered some lost ground following this month's USDA report, according to the International Grains Council (IGC). Despite a recent maize-led recovery, the IGC's …
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• Deutsche Bank commodities move draws fire from campaigners
  FRANKFURT Jan 21 (Reuters) – Food campaigners criticised Deutsche Bank for abandoning a moratorium on trading new commodities products, arguing that financial speculators continue to cause price rises for vital foods. "The biggest losers will be the …
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• Natural Gas Jumps on Cold as Nickel Falls: Commodities at Close
  GRAINS, OILSEEDS. Wheat rose in Paris on speculation global grain supplies will shrink as drought threatens to reduce crops in the U.S., the world's biggest exporter. Milling wheat for delivery in March traded in Paris on NYSE Liffe climbed 1.2 percent …
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• Risk-on Commodities Sentiment to Drive Southeast Asian Currencies Up on the …
  EBÈNE, MAURITIUS–(Marketwire – Jan. 21, 2013) – In his Market Brief of The Week for 21 January, leading global foreign exchange trader, educator and author Mario Sant Singh, focuses on risk-on commodities sentiment with prices at a 3-month high …
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• Eat Up This Commodities Trade
  This confluence of events could very well drive up feed stock prices, and that means a nice trading opportunity in a basket of commodities such as corn, soybeans and wheat. On Friday, Jan. 11, agricultural commodities traders were treated to what …
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• Palm Oil, Gold, Copper Climb, Crude Drops: Commodities at Close
  GRAINS, OILSEEDS, SOFT COMMODITIES. Palm oil climbed for a second day on speculation that shipments from Malaysia, the world's second-biggest producer, may rebound after announcing a zero export tax for a second month to trim record inventories.
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