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Farmers in distress as onion prices touch 2-year low

At Rs 5 a kg in Lasalgaon mandi, the price is 10% lower than average cost of production

Will carbon composites replace steel and aluminium in cars?

Mandatory PAN: States to lose Rs 135-cr a day on jewellers' strike

Majority of gold buyers either don't have PAN card or fear declaration

India's steel imports dip 8.7% in Jan, up 24% in Apr-Jan

Since June, steel sector has been provided a range of protection to check cheap imports

Gold up by 0.6% on short-covering

Prices were up by Rs 171 to trade at Rs 27,695 per 10 gram

Chana prices up by 3.8% on pick up in spot demand

Restricted supplies from producing belts also affected prices

Zinc down by 0.2% on low demand

Participants engaged in trimming their positions, taking negative cues from spot market

Crude palm oil falls by 0.4% on profit-booking

Speculators booked profits at prevailing higher levels amid fall in demand in spot market

Mentha oil gains 0.8% on pick-up in demand

Traders created fresh positions amid pick-up in demand from consuming industries in spot markets

Cardamom falls by 2.8% on profit-booking

Sufficient stocks position in the physical market also influenced the prices of the spice

Copper falls by 0.8% on muted demand

Participants engaged in reducing their positions, tracking a weak trend at spot market

Nickel up by 0.3% on pick up in demand

Participants widened their bets, driven by pick up in demand in the spot market

Oil prices dip as supply fears offset Saudi-Venezuela talks

A pick-up in the dollar also weighed on the commodity

GI tag for Basmati rice of 7 states approved

Board directs registry to hear the matter of inclusion of Madhya Pradesh afresh

Sugar down by 0.2% on ample stocks

Traders lightened their positions amid adequate stocks at the spot market on higher supplies from mills

Zinc down by over 1% on global cues

Speculators offloaded their positions in tandem with a weak global trend

Cardamom down by 1% on muted demand

Traders lightened their positions, driven by easing demand in the spot market against adequate stocks position

Mentha oil down by 0.3% on low demand

Participants cut down their bets amid tepid demand from consuming industries at the spot market

Gold up by 0.1% on global cues

Traders raised bets amid positive cues from the global markets

Lead prices down by 1.1% on weak overseas cues

Low demand in the domestic markets also affected prices