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Almond declines in trade on profit-taking

Chana prices up 0.7% on thin supply

Crude palm oil remains weak on profit-booking

Cardamom falls 2.7% on profit-booking

Zinc rises in trade, up 0.2%

Jeera sheds 0.5% on supply pressure, subdued demand

Barley surges on aggressive buying

Mentha oil rises 1.6% in trade

Turmeric falls over 1% on supply pressure

5 more agri commodities under govt lens

Mustard seed, mentha oil, cardamom, chana and turmeric price movements under scrutiny

Andhra textile stir over VAT hits Surat synthetics

FMC mulls monitoring body for future contracts

Tyre exports up 20% in Apr-Feb

Mentha acreage may increase 20% this year

Demand for natural rubber to rise 3.1%

Brent crude slips towards $121 as China growth lags forecast

World's second-largest economy grew at its weakest pace in nearly three years in the first quarter

Pepper up 0.6% on short-covering, bargain buying

Analysts said covering-up of pending short positions by speculators at prevailing lower levels and increased spot demand helped pepper to cover part of lost grounds at futures trade

Turmeric recovers on spot demand, short-covering

Traders attributed the recovery in turmeric futures prices to pick up in demand at the spot markets and covering-up of short positions by speculators

Crude palm oil up 0.7%

Analysts said the increase in crude palm oil prices was supported by a rising spot market demand and a firm trend in overseas markets

Zinc declines on profit-booking, weak global cues

Analysts attributed the fall in zinc futures to a weak trend in the entire base metals at the LME and profit-booking by speculators