Silver futures today moved up by Rs 358 to Rs 58,690 per kg on increased offtake by traders, driven by a pick-up in demand at existing low levels.

Silver futures up on increased offtake

Press Trust of India

Cardamom prices gained 1.51% to Rs 1,043.40 per kg in futures trading today as speculators enlarged their positions, tracking a firming trend at spot market on pick up in demand.

Cardamom gains 1.5% on spot demand

Mentha oil futures prices today rose by Rs 8.90 to Rs 2,050 per kg, as speculators created fresh positions driven by rising spot market demand.

Mentha oil up 0.44% on spot demand

Potato prices fell by Rs 15.50 to Rs 821.50 per quintal in futures trade today, as speculators offloaded their positions, triggered by increased supplies from producing region in the spot market.

Potato down 1.85% on increased supplies

Crude palm oil prices rose by Rs 1.60 to Rs 554 per 10 kg in futures trade today on speculators increasing their positions driven by pick-up in demand in the spot market.

Palm oil rises 0.3% on spot demand

Buoyed by firming global trends, copper prices rose by Rs 2.10 to Rs 437.05 per kg in futures trade today as speculators created fresh positions.

Copper gains 0.4% on global cues

Lead futures prices traded marginally higher by 0.56% to Rs 107.45 per kg today on pick-up in demand from battery makers in the spot market amid a firming global trend.

Lead rises marginally on spot demand

Supported by a firming global trend and pick-up in domestic demand, nickel prices gained 0.59% to Rs 994.40 per kg in futures trade today.

Nickel gains 0.59% on spot demand, global cues

Chana futures prices shot up by Rs 65 to Rs 3,650 per quintal today as speculators enlarged their positions, tracking a firming trend in spot market in view of marriage season.

Chana rises 1.8% on spot demand

Pepper prices fell further by Rs 510 to Rs 37,520 per quintal in futures trading today on continued profit-bookings by speculators, driven by sluggish demand at prevailing higher levels in the spot market.

Pepper sheds 1.3% on profit-booking

Jeera prices rose in the futures market today, gaining Rs 27.50 to Rs 13,935 per quintal, driven by pick-up in spot demand.

Jeera up marginally on spot demand

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 in February

Business Standard

Brent crude futures slipped below $125 on Friday after surging five per cent to an 11-month high a day earlier, as fears of a supply disruption from Saudi Arabia eased, calming investors who now expect oil demand to fall in the next few weeks.

Brent falls below $125 as Saudi supply fears ease

Reuters 

Uttar Pradesh sugarcane farmers&rsquo; dues have touched Rs 4,436 crore in the ongoing 2011-12 crushing season.

UP sugarcane dues touch Rs 4,436 cr

Increasing import of refined oil is posing a serious threat to domestic edible oil refineries, thereby jeopardising new investments of about Rs 10,000 crore in the sector.

High refined oil imports hurt local refiners

The Food Corporation of India (FCI), the country&rsquo;s largest grain procurement agency, has adopted a number of measures to create space for the new wheat stocks in Punjab and Haryana, India&rsquo;s two leading producers of the foodgrain.

FCI steps up measures for storage of wheat

The US government has raised the anti-dumping duty on import of frozen shrimps from India. The average duty has been increased to 2.51 per cent from 1.69 per cent. Announcing the results of the sixth administrative review (AR), the US Department of Commerce (DoC) reduced the duty for Falcon Marine Exports, the mandatory respondent for the review, to zero.

US raises anti-dumping duty on Indian shrimp imports

Copper inventories in warehouses monitored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose to their highest in nearly a decade, data showed yesterday, suggesting oversupply in top copper consumer China where demand has been slower than expected.

Shanghai copper stocks at highest since Aug '02

Aarti Kunnur, a middle-class, salaried woman from a western Mumbai suburb, had plans to buy diamond-studded platinum jewellery worth Rs 5 lakh for her sister&rsquo;s wedding. But she changes her mind and opts to buy diamond-studded gold jewellery.

Buyers prefer gold to platinum

Oil prices rose in Asian trade today on prospects for stronger US economic growth and jitters sparked by sabre-rattling over crude producer Iran's nuclear programme, analysts said.

Oil prices up in Asia on US growth prospects

Mentha oil prices surged by Rs 88 to hit upper limit of 4% to Rs 2,281 per kg in futures trade today as speculators enlarged their positions, tracking a firming trend at spot market on strong domestic and export demand.

Mentha oil hits upper limit on strong demand

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