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Mentha oil down 0.29% on falling demand

Traders offload positions on lower offtake from consuming industries

Profit-booking drags crude palm oil by 0.94%

Fall in demand in spot market, higher inventory add pressure on prices in futures trade

Uptick in demand lifts chana by 0.56%

However, improved supplies following govt measures to kerb rising prices cap gains

Zinc up 0.45% on spot demand

However, weakness in industrial metals abroad, on signs of weak Chinese economy, caps gains

Aluminium inches up 0.40% on spot demand

However, a weak trend in the base metals pack at the London Metal Exchange caps gains

Copper up 0.26% on spot demand

However, metal's weakness at the London Metal Exchange caps gains

Cardamom plunges 3.92% on adequate stocks

Speculators offload positions on higher arrivals from key growing areas

Gold down Rs 97 in futures trade as global cues hurt

Traders pare positions as gold dips 0.2% in Singapore on expectations of US interest rate hike

Silver futures plunge Rs 211 on weak global cues

Traders pare positions as metal loses 2.17% in Singapore, on expectations of a US interest rate hike

Diamond processors say severe stress from lack of demand; job losses likely

No sign of end to long slump in markets abroad: Industry

How far away are commodities from their bottom?

Speculators say commodities are headed to touch bottom and, hence, it's time to take long positions

Gold turns weak on global cues, low demand; silver remains up

Weak global trend, fall in demand from jewellers and retailers kept pressure on gold prices

Sugar up 0.9% as demand picks up

Commodity for delivery in December traded higher by Rs 16, or 0.58%

Singapore Exchange looks to bolster faltering gold contract

SGX's gold contract could face a tough time gathering momentum as it is competing in an increasingly fragmented Asian gold market

Barley up 2.3% on firm trends in spot market

Pick up in demand, tight supplies propel prices of the commodity in futures trade

Uptick in demand lifts mentha oil by 0.23%

Restricted supplies from producing regions support uptrend

Gold sheds 0.17% in futures trade on weak global cues

Traders at home trim positions as US jobs report keeps pressure on precious metal, which loses 0.3% in Singapore

Chana succumbs to supply pressure; down 1.92%

Traders pare positions as commodity extends losses for third straight day

Muted demand drags cardamom down by 1.49%

Participants trim positions as weak trend in spot market leads to accumulation of stocks

Copper rises marginally on positive global cues

February, April contracts up 0.06% and 0.08% respectively