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Oil prices up, focus on Spanish bond sale
Prices capped amid fears that anaemic demand could reignite jitters over the euro zone debt crisis
July potato sheds 0.46% on higher supplies
May contract loses 0.35%, marketmen cite higher arrivals from growing regions for fall in prices
Barley recovers on fresh buying
April, May contracts both gain more than 1% as speculators create fresh positions
Jeera futures rise on firm spot cues
However, expectations of a bumper crop capped gains
Nickel up as demand picks up
Firm global factors continue to support nickel prices
Pepper weakens on sluggish export demand
Ample supply from Vietnam in the global market weigs on pepper exports
Sugar up on better offtake
Restricted supply also supported sugar prices
Gur closes quiet on small buying volumes
Absence of significant fundamentals keeps gur prices unchanged
Menhol rises on pick up in industrial demand
Restricted arrivals from key producing regions also supported prices
Base metals flat on sluggish copper movement
Huge copper stocks at Shanghai Futures Exchange, low China demand, have impacted other metals, say analysts
Sugar firms fear high losses in coming season
High state-set cane prices and other input costs to exceed realisation through prices, with bumper output worsening the economics
Copper rises on weak dollar, breaks out of flat trend
Easing Eurozone woes, pulls base metals higher
Rajasthan HC stays FMC order to suspend guar trading firm
The regulator had acted on complaints alleging illegal speculation, resulting in a four-fold rise in prices