Mentha oil prices fell by Rs 35.20 to Rs 2,018 per kg in futures trading today, as speculators booked profits at prevailing levels, sluggish demand in the spot market.

Mentha oil down on profit-booking

Press Trust of India

Potato futures prices today rose by Rs 5.40 to Rs 870 per quintal, due to increased demand in view of marriage season.

Potato up on increased demand

Crude palm futures oil prices remained weak today and shed Rs 1.90 to Rs 545 per 10 kg, as speculators reduced their positions, driven by a weak trend at spot market on sluggish demand.

Palm oil remains weak on sluggish demand

Barley futures prices today rose by Rs 27.50 to Rs 1,578.50 per quintal, following fresh buying by traders on firming spot market sentiment.

Barley up on fresh buying

Pepper futures prices tumbled by Rs 940 to Rs 38,670 per quintal today, as speculators booked profits at existing higher levels.

Pepper tumbles more than 2% on profit-booking

Jeera futures prices fell by Rs 172.50 to Rs 13.940 per quintal in futures trading today as speculators reduced their positions, triggered by hopes of higher output.

Jeera sheds 1.2% on higher output hopes

Chana prices plunged by Rs 56 to Rs 3,676 per quintal in futures market today, as speculators offloaded their positions, triggered by rising arrival of new crops in the spot market.

Chana plunges 1.5% on supply pressure

Turmeric futures prices declined by 1% to Rs 4,760 per quintal today on supplies from the new season crop and estimates of a bumper crop.

Turmeric down 1% on increased supplies

Gold today hit a near six-month low by losing Rs 920 to Rs 28,140 per 10 grams, due to brisk selling by stockists after the metal recorded a steep fall in international markets.

Gold crashes to near 6-mth low, down by Rs 920

Oil rose above $123 a barrel on Thursday as better-than-expected economic data from China and the United States bolstered the demand outlook and concern persisted about supply disruption from Iran.

Oil above $123 on economy hopes, Iran concern

Reuters 

Brent oil futures rallied for a second day on Thursday, rising more than 2% to a 10-month high above $126 after Israel said it would test-fire a ballistic interceptor missile, raising fears of a conflict with Iran.

Oil hits 10-mth high above $126 on West Asia jitters

Gold edged higher on Friday as buyers slowly returned to the market, lured by Wednesday's plunge of 5%, although bullion is still heading for its worst weekly performance since December.

Gold edges up as buyers slowly return after sell-off

Gold futures recovered partially on Friday from their lowest level in a month as physical traders hunted for bargains to meet wedding season demand, dealers said.

Gold futures recover on bargain-buy by traders

The Forward Markets Commission (FMC) has levied 10 per cent special cash margin on two narrow commodities &ndash; mentha oil and cardamom &ndash; effective on Thursday, to check volatility in these counters. With this revision, the overall margin on all mentha oil and cardamom contracts has shot up to 18.58 per cent and 19.5-20 per cent from 8.58 per cent and 9.5-10 per cent, respectively.

Regulator levies 10% cash margin on mentha oil, cardamom contracts

Business Standard

Retail manufacturers and traders of readymade garments have asked the government to cut excise duty from the existing 10 per cent to one per cent.

Apparel retailers ask govt to reduce excise duty

Gold on Thursday hit a near six-month low, losing Rs 920 to Rs 28,140 per 10 gm, on brisk selling by stockists after the metal recorded a steep fall in international markets.

Gold crashes to six-month low down by Rs 920

University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) Dharwad has developed and released several crop breeds that include heat tolerance capacity, resistant to rust and leaf bloch diseases. The varsity has released new wheat breed UAS-304 which is having a yield potential of 42-46 quintal per hectare. New paddy variety Siri-1253 is leaf and neck blast resistant breed which is recommended for cultivation in rain-fed midland situation.

UAS introduces new crop breeds

Cooking-oil imports by India, the biggest palm oil buyer, will climb as much as 12 per cent to a record after dry weather and excessive rain curbed oilseed crops, according to GG Patel &amp; Nikhil Research Co.

Cooking oil imports seen at record as harvest drops

On the back of lower international and domestic demand, cotton prices have witnessed a fall of about Rs 3000 per candy during the month of February. Market sources hinted at a further slide in cotton prices during March due to weak overall demand.

Cotton prices fell by over Rs 3,000 per candy during month of Feb

Sugar production has gone up by 15 per cent to 18.65 million tonnes till February 29 this marketing season, according to industry data.

Sugar output rises 15% this season to 18.7 million tonnes

In the wake of rising global prices of precious metals, the government on Thursday raised the tariff value of gold and silver to USD 573 per ten gram and USD 1145 per kg, respectively.

Tariff value on gold, silver raised

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