Today’s Futures News

Today’s Futures News

• Palm Oil Drops for Eighth Day; Crude Falls: Commodities at Close
  GRAINS, OILSEEDS, SOFT COMMODITIES. Palm oil fell for an eighth day, the worst run in almost seven years, on speculation that declining exports may keep inventories near a record high in Malaysia, the largest producer after Indonesia. The contract for …
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• Commodities Fall With Stock Futures on Spending Cuts, China Data
  Commodities fell for a fourth day, while European and U.S. equity futures slid as $85 billion of U.S. spending cuts were set to begin and data showed Chinese manufacturing weakened. Japanese government bonds surged after a report showed lingering …
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• Asian Stocks Fall With U.S. Futures, Oil as Spending Cuts Begin
  Commodities fell for a fourth day and Chinese shares slid as $85 billion of American spending cuts were set to begin and data showed Chinese manufacturing weakened. Japanese government bonds surged and the yen weakened after a report showed …
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• Today In Commodities: A Buy Window For Gold?
  Softs: Cocoa appears to be establishing a base just above 2100 in May futures. I am a buyer for clients with an … Grains: Corn was higher for the fourth day in a row closing back above $7/bushel in May at its 38.2% Fibonacci level. We should see this …
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• Gold Outlook Splits Traders Weighing Stimulus Gains: Commodities
  Gold traders are divided on the outlook for prices, balancing central bank concern that more economic stimulus is needed against signs of recovering growth that spurred the longest run of monthly losses since 1997. Fifteen analysts surveyed by …
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• Gold Falls on Signs of Economic Recovery: Commodities at Close
  GRAINS, OILSEEDS. Soybeans rose the most in more than a week after the government said U.S. exporters increased sales to China, the biggest consumer. On the Chicago Board of Trade, soybean futures for May delivery climbed 0.9 percent to $14.5225 a …
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• Expanding on whole grains
  In a recent exercise article I read, "whole grains are beneficial," most people think of wheat when "whole grains" are the subject and gluten intolerance as the only down side of wheat. Wheat contains an unusual type of carbohydrate called Amylopectin …
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• CTT for non-agri commodities discriminatory: MCX
  The government has introduced the Commodities Transaction Tax (CTT) at 0.1 per cent on non-agriculture futures contracts in a bid to widen its tax base, while the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) has been reduced to 0.01 per cent. With respect to CTT …
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• Oil ends lower as commodities retreat
  NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil fell Thursday, as investors sold off commodities with the stock market surging toward a record high. Benchmark crude for April delivery fell 71 cents to finish at $92.05 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange …
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• COMMODITIES-Gold down for 5th month in row; Brent oil slides too
  "Investors are reassessing where they have their money allocated at, and they are now focusing on the equity markets which have been holding up very firm," said Phillip Streible, senior commodities trader at futures brokerage RJ O'Brien. In Thursday's …
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• Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana The wealth beneath

  Commodities are estimated to generate one-third of Africa's GDP growth, not counting indirect benefits. Many expatriate miners, especially Chinese, eventually move into other occupations, spreading skills, contacts and capital more widely. Chinese … See all stories on this topic »

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• Raw Sugar Gains as Silver Tumbles: Commodities at Europe Close
  SOFT COMMODITIES. Coffee futures fell for a second day on speculation ample stockpiles and supplies in South America will compensate for damaged crops in other regions. Raw sugar jumped 1.7 percent. Arabica coffee for delivery in May fell 0.6 percent …
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• Rhodium Beating Platinum to Palladium on Car Sales: Commodities
  The metal, used with palladium and platinum in pollution- control devices, rose 16 percent this year, about three times the increase of the other two ingredients and 15 times more than the benchmark commodities index. (MXWD) Output will trail demand …
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• India Set to Tax Non-Farm Commodities Futures for First Time
  The levy will be 0.01 percent of the value of trade of all non-farm commodities, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said today while presenting the annual budget for 2013-2014. “There is no distinction between derivative trading in the securities …
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