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Markets - Commodities

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Chinese buyers buy Ukrainian corn
Commodities

Chinese buyers buy Ukrainian corn

Chinese buyers made purchases of Ukrainian-origin corn in the past week, following deals for French wheat reported last week, European traders said on Friday.
Published 18 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Gold holds near two-week high in Asia
Commodities

Gold holds near two-week high in Asia

Gold prices on Monday held near a two-week high scaled in the previous session as uncertainty prevailed over the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the global economy. Spot gold was little changed at $1,582.08 per ounce, as of 0701 GMT, having touched
Published 18 Feb, 2020 12:00am
EU sugar beet seen falling again this year
Commodities

EU sugar beet seen falling again this year

The European Union will likely see a further decrease in planted sugar beet this year following the closure of some factories, participants at the annual Dubai sugar conference said on Wednesday. Sugar production in the trading bloc has fallen for two suc
Published 18 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Malaysian palm oil up for second day
Commodities

Malaysian palm oil up for second day

Malaysian palm oil futures gained for a second straight session on Monday, underpinned by bargain buying and data indicating a slower rate of decline in February exports amid hopes that Chinese demand will recover from the effects of coronavirus.
Published 18 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Robusta coffee steadies in wake of arabica rally
Commodities

Robusta coffee steadies in wake of arabica rally

ICE robusta coffee steadied on Monday in quiet trading because of a US public holiday, with prices underpinned by last week's 10% surge in arabica. London cocoa rose and white sugar slipped. May robusta settled flat at $1,314 a tonne, having set a 3-1/2 m
Published 18 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Global turmoil to be good for gold
Commodities

Global turmoil to be good for gold

Gold prices will hold above $1,500 an ounce this year and make modest gains in 2021 as low interest rates and geopolitical uncertainly bolster its appeal, while silver prices will begin to catch up, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday. Gold is traditionally
Published 18 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Rains, currency paint rosy outlook for Brazil sugar industry
Commodities

Rains, currency paint rosy outlook for Brazil sugar industry

Brazilian sugar and ethanol companies are likely entering their best season in a long time, with favorable weather boosting new-crop prospects and an all-time low local currency increasing returns on exports. Analysts have said 2020 could be a year of imp
Published 18 Feb, 2020 12:00am
China stimulus helps copper to three-week high
Commodities

China stimulus helps copper to three-week high

Copper prices climbed to three-week peaks on Monday after top consumer China cut interest rates to offset the economic damage from the coronavirus, though worries over demand for industrial metals capped gains.
Published 18 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Cocoa seen weakening by end-2020
Commodities

Cocoa seen weakening by end-2020

London cocoa futures will fall 6% by the end of the year, weakened by the prospect of rising production in Ivory Coast and Ghana, a Reuters poll of nine traders and analysts showed. However, prices should still post an annual gain following a sharp rise t
Published 18 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Brazil's Cooxupé expects high-quality coffee crop
Commodities

Brazil's Cooxupé expects high-quality coffee crop

Coffee farmer co-op Cooxupé, Brazil's largest coffee exporter, expects this year's crop to produce a good amount of high-quality beans due to favorable weather conditions, its president Carlos Augusto Rodrigues de Melo said on Thursday.
Published 18 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Jordan seeks to buy barley
Commodities

Jordan seeks to buy barley

Jordan's state grain buyer has issued an international tender to purchase 120,000 tonnes of animal feed barley to be sourced from optional origins, European traders said on Thursday.
Published 18 Feb, 2020 12:00am
CBOT soyabean futures fall on profit-taking
Commodities

CBOT soyabean futures fall on profit-taking

Chicago Board of Trade soyabean futures closed lower on Friday on profit-taking after a nine-session advance in the nearby March contract and uncertainty about export demand for US supplies, traders said.
Published 18 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Indian pulse imports to slump by 60 percent
Commodities

Indian pulse imports to slump by 60 percent

India's imports of pulses such as chickpeas could slump by 60% to a million tonnes in the 2020-21 financial year on bumper domestic production and government measures to curb overseas purchases, the head of a leading trade body said on Friday.
Published 18 Feb, 2020 12:00am