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Cardamom up 1% on strong demand

Spice for delivery in April traded higher by 0.54%

Palm oil down 0.1% on profit-booking

Analysts said besides profit-booking by speculators at existing levels, sluggish demand in the spot market influenced the oil prices

Aluminium up 0.2% on firming overseas trend

Metal for delivery in April traded higher by 0.19%

Zinc up 0.4% on overseas cues, spot demand

Metal for delivery in April also rose by 0.42%

Nickel up 0.2% on firm demand

Metal for delivery in March rose by 0.17%

Crude oil up 0.4% on overseas trend

Oil prices for May rose by a similar margin to Rs 6,060 per barrel

Silver down 0.2% in futures trade

Metalfor delivery in May 0.14%

Gold down 0.1% on global cues

Metal for delivery in June shed 0.07%

Oil prices mixed in Asia after strong US data

Brent North Sea crude for May eased 11 cents to $106.95

NCDEX volumes, mkt share jump

Government says El Niño contingency plans ready

Australia cuts iron ore forecast as miners raise output

SC panel recommends ending iron ore mining ban in Goa

Sugar exports hit as local prices touch 7-month high

Chana up 0.1% as demand picks up

Analysts said speculators created fresh positions after pick-up in demand in the spot market amid limited arrivals from producing regions helped chana prices to trade higher

Sugar up 1.1% on rising demand

Reports of lower output in key manufacturing areas in February also supported the uptrend

Nickel down 0.2% on profit-booking

Analysts said subdued demand from alloy-maker in the spot market led to the decline

Copper down 0.1% on global cues

Analysts attributed the fall in copper futures to a weak global trend

Palm oil up 0.4% on spot demand

Analysts said speculators created fresh positions after pick up in demand in the spot market led to rise in the oil prices

Potato down 1.1% on weak demand

Commodity for delivery in April shed 0.19%