Potato futures prices rose by Rs 5.20 to Rs 430 per quintal today as traders enlarged their positions on pick up in spot market demand amid low stocks.

Potato futures rises on spot demand

Press Trust of India

Lethargic conditions developed on the national capital today as prices moved in a narrow range on alternate small bouts of trading and settled at last levels.

Gur ends flat in thin trade

Silver continued its upward streak for the third straight session today and rose by Rs 100 to Rs 55,200 per kg on sustained buying by stockists, supported by a firm global trend. However, gold held steady at Rs 22,810 per 10 grams in restricted local buying at prevailing high levels.

Silver rises for third session to Rs 55,200, gold ends flat

Caustic soda prices rose by Rs 100 to Rs 1,300-1,400 per 50 kg in the national capital today, largely influenced by buying support from detergent and other consuming units.

Caustic soda rises on buying support

The rice crop in the ensuing kharif season (2011-12) is expected to surpass 90 million tonnes, Minister of State for Agriculture Harish Rawat today said.

Rice output in kharif season to cross 90 mn tonne: Rawat

An investment of around Rs 4,000- 5,000 crore is required in the meat and poultry processing sector, a senior official from the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) said today.

Meat & poultry sector needs Rs 4-5k cr investment: govt

Oilmeal exports more than doubled in the first two months of the current financial year due to sharp increase in seed production, positive crushing parity and high demand abroad.

Oilmeal exports up on higher output

Business Standard

Silver surged at the domestic bullion market on Tuesday on hectic speculative build-up and industrial buying amidst firm global trend.

Silver surges on global cues

Unarguably, the biggest challenge for a large steel group with ambitious growth plans is to secure uninterrupted raw material supplies, as close to full requirements as possible. This holds true as much for our own Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Tata Steel, as for the Chinese steelmakers. The more recent behaviour of coking coal prices, particularly in the wake of rains and floods in Australia&rsquo;s Queensland and, earlier with iron ore, have cemented the resolve of steelmakers across continents to acquire natural resources assets wherever available.

Resource diplomacy

Amid differences in opinion among nationalised commodity exchanges, markets regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC) is working on a system that would ensure uniformity in trading.

FMC mulls uniformity in commodity trading

The production and productivity of natural rubber should be enhanced in the&nbsp;medium-&nbsp;to long-term in order to&nbsp;meet the ever increasing demand, said Vijaylaxmi Joshi, additional secretary (plantations), Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

'Rubber production needs to be ramped up'

Cardamom prices rose by Rs 10 to Rs 828 per kg in futures trade today as speculators created fresh positions, supported by a rise in demand in the spot market.

Cardamom futures rises on spot demand

Mentha oil prices moved up by Rs 6.90 to Rs 883.50 per kg in futures trade today as traders created fresh positions, driven by pick-up in domestic as well as export demand.

Mentha oil futures up 0.79% on spot demand

Refined soya oil edged higher by Rs 1.95 to Rs 653.50 per 10 kg in futures trade today as traders indulged in enlarging their positions in tandem with a firming spot markets trend.

Refined soya oil futures up on spot demand

Barley prices rose by Rs 7.40 to Rs 1,386 per quintal in futures trade today as speculators enlarged their positions, driven by a firming trend at the spot markets.

Barley futures up on fresh buying

Amid weak trend overseas, silver prices softened by 1.33% to Rs 55,587 per kg in futures trading today after speculators reduced their positions.

Silver futures down over 1% on overseas trend

Taking weak cues from global market, zinc prices edged lower by 0.73% in futures trade today.

Zinc futures down 0.73% on global cues

Castorseed prices improved by Rs 28 to Rs 4,630 per quintal in future trade today on increased buying in line with firm spot markets sentiment.

Castorseed futures up on domestic spot markets cue

Crude palm oil prices fell by Rs 2.20 per kg in futures trade today on sustained selling by speculators amid adequate stocks and weak global cues.

Crude palm oil down on weak global cues

Potato prices fell by Rs 2.10 to Rs 425.80 per quintal in futures trade today on offloading of positions by speculators.

Potato futures down 0.44% on reduced offtake

Amid a weak trend overseas and sluggish spot demand, copper prices fell by 1.19% in futures trade today as speculators off-loaded their positions.

Copper extends losses in futures trade on global cues

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