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- SOFTS-ICE sugar, coffee edge up on softer dollar
| LONDON Jan 17 (Reuters) – Raw sugar and arabica coffee futures on ICE were slightly higher in early trade on Tuesday, boosted by a weaker dollar and increased risk appetite following better-than-expected Chinese economic growth data. …
See all stories on this topic » - Crude Rises; Copper Reaches Two-Month High: Commodities at Close
GRAINS, SOFT COMMODITIES, LIVESTOCK Soybeans and corn advanced for the first time in a week as drought caused by La Nina persisted in South America, threatening further to curb global supply. March-delivery soybeans rallied as much as 1.7 percent to …
See all stories on this topic » - Commodities Look to Patron Saint, China
By Andrea Hotter A slew of Chinese data released overnight is fueling a renewed wave of optimism across financial markets and driving the price of key commodities like copper, gold and oil higher. Why focus on the fact that China's 2011 gross domestic …
See all stories on this topic » - Commodities help push TSX slightly higher
TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed slightly higher Monday as commodity prices supported the TSX despite the potential knock-on effects of a downgrade of nine eurozone countries by Standard & Poor's rating agency and Greece's difficulties in …
See all stories on this topic » - China turns on commodities financing tap
By Javier Blas, Commodities Editor The crisis engulfing commodities trade finance is a large downside risk for raw materials prices. Yet the tightening of credit in Europe is not the whole story. Ric Deverell, head of commodities research at Credit …
See all stories on this topic » - Stocks, Commodities Rise After China GDP Data; Korean Won Climbs
By Lynn Thomasson and Yoshiaki Nohara Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) — Stocks rose to a 10-week high as metals and the South Korean won advanced after China's slowest economic growth in more than two years bolstered expectations for easier monetary policy. …
See all stories on this topic » - Commodities will remain underweight for first half of 2012: Manish Sonthalia …
Commodities clearly would remain underweight for at least the first half of 2012. ET Now: Global economic growth is slowing down. Crude supply is static, the outlook for crude is negative, rupee has appreciated against the dollar. …
See all stories on this topic » - Commodities: Crude hovers below $100 a barrel
LONDON (SHARECAST) – Oil prices rose on Monday in electronic trading as concern about supply pressures from Iran and Nigeria drove modest demand. US markets were closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King Junior holiday. Normal floor trading will …
See all stories on this topic » - Credit Suisse cuts precious metals, grains price forecasts for 2012
Credit Suisse on Tuesday lowered its 2012 price forecasts for precious metals and grains, citing remarkably resilient global output and a slower pace of global growth. The brokerage lowered its price forecast for gold to $1755 per ounce from $1850 …
See all stories on this topic » - Asia Stocks, Korean Won Rise After China GDP; Commodities Climb
By Lynn Thomasson and Yoshiaki Nohara Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) — Asian shares rallied the most in almost a month as metals and the South Korean won rose after China's slowest economic growth in more than two years bolstered expectations for easier monetary …
See all stories on this topic » - Grains to eye SA weather this week
And though less rain than expected fell recently in South America, more is in the 10-day forecast," says Al Kluis, Kluis Commodities. Kluis adds, "Even though most of the South American corn crop damage is done, it will be hard to rally the grain …
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Agriculture.com - GRAINS-US corn, soy rebound as Argentine drought worsens
The USDA report and the subsequent selloff in the market have prompted analysts led by investment bank and commodities bull Goldman Sachs to revise down its price targets for this year. Goldman Sachs cut its three-month outlook for corn prices by 8 …
See all stories on this topic » - GRAINS-US grains rise about 1 pct on Latam drought
But Luke Mathews, commodities strategist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, said that crop conditions overall had improved in South America in recent weeks and that the market could come under pressure again. "I think we're going to be seeing a bearish …
See all stories on this topic » - Natural Gas Extends Drop to Two-Year Low: Commodities at Close
There was no trading in the Standard & Poor's GSCI gauge of 24 commodities and UBS Bloomberg CMCI index of 26 raw materials because of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday in the US Natural gas fell in New York, taking its decline in the past six …
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