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Raw cashew output may fall 30% on crop damage

Raw cashew nut prices rise 14% to Rs 85 per kg

Should you invest in gold now?

If you have a short-term horizon, it might be better to wait for a while, say analysts

Cess on imported rubber illegal: Industries

Refined soya oil up 0.42% on spot demand

Speculators create fresh positions, as limited supplies fuel uptrend

Chana remains weak on increased supply, low demand

Commodity sheds 0.37% as traders offload, and likelihood of bumper output fuels downtrend

Mentha oil gains 0.17% on rising demand

Traders create fresh positions on tight supplies from growing areas

Sugar sheds 0.73% on sluggish demand, higher supply

Traders pare positions on higher supplies; likely drop in output limits losses

Cardamom extends losses on higher supply, weak demand

traders offload positions on higher arrivals from growing regions

Crude oil up over 1% on overseas cues

Traders create positions on firm trend in Asia; oil gains 57 cents in New York

Nickel extends weakness on global cues; low demand

May, June contracts shed as much as 1.3% on lower offtake from alloy makers

Lead gains 0.44% on global cues, spot demand

Traders enlarge positions on higher offtake from battery makers

Commodity futures market seeks FCRA amendment

Hopes the new government will help infuse stability in prices and reforms in agriculture marketing

Global sugar output stares at deficit on poor Brazil crop

Gold entry through smuggling estimated at 50 tonnes in Jan-Mar

WGC had earlier estimated around 200 tonnes of gold was brought into India through smuggling in calendar year 2013

Global gold refining quality stamp for MMTC-Swiss JV

Th company is a JV between Pamp SA, Switzerland and India's MMTC Ltd

Gold demand down 26% in Q1

Unfavourable govt policy pulls down import, with expectations of relaxation also helping defer purchases

Nickel down 1.6% on global cues, profit-booking

Low demand from alloy makers, other consuming industries also weigh on prices

India's gold demand down 26% at 190 tonne: WGC

Council attributes lower offtake to higher import duties, supply curbs imposed by govt

Silver moves up in futures trade on global cues

Metal adds 0.25% as traders build fresh positions

Gold futures up 0.18% on global cues

Traders create fresh positions as metal rises marginally in Singapore