August contract up 0.18% as speculators take fresh positions
July contract up 0.17% on higher offtake from pharma companies
Rising spot demand contributes to uptrend
September contract up 0.34% on lower arrivals from producing areas
Fresh positions by speculators on lower arrivals from producing belts push up futures prices
Thin supplies from producing belts contributes to surge in futures prices
August, September contracts shed about 0.15% on lower demand and adequate inventory
Euro zone's private sector shrank for a sixth month in July as manufacturing output nosedived
August contract rises 0.4%
August contract declines by 0.3%
Price situation to be reviewed by FMC this week: Thomas
September contract grows by almost 0.3%
The euro zone's private sector shrank for a sixth month in July as manufacturing output nosedived
UK's GDP report, Germany behind lower prices
Slackened domestic demand by alloy-makers adds to fall
Weak trend in base metals influences pricing
Global uptrend stems loss
Gasoline and distillate stockpiles also rose sharply and put further pressure on crude futures.
Thus outperforming equities for the third day in a row
Measure seems to have had only a limited impact experts say a genuine supply shortage might be part of the reason