AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
FMC to fix price cap on sensitive commodities
Penalty for violating open interest hiked; risk management group set up
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FARM CREDIT
Govt to disburse Rs 3,200 cr to 13 lakh farmers
To give farm loans up to Rs 3 lakh at 4 pc interest rate
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WHEAT
Bunching of imports driving up wheat prices
September futures rate up Rs 37/quintal since July 28
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INSIGHT
Banks expanding farm loan portfolios
PSBs have an edge over private peers in rural reach
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RUBBER
Sheet rubber rises on global trend
Spot rubber continued to rule mixed on Wednesday. A slight improvement in global futures triggered some covering purchases on RSS 4 and RSS 5, while the remaining grades including latex finished flat with narrow volumes. Sheet rubber improved to ...
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SUGAR
Turning popular
TASTES GOOD: Palm jaggery being sold in Kochi, Kerala. The jaggery, priced Rs 5 a piece, is becoming popular in Kerala markets. The product mainly comes from the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border. It is made from palmyrah in Tamil Nadu, which has about ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Ruchi Soya plans to expand Mangalore refinery capacity
The unit refined Rs 800-cr edible oil last year
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Global pepper prices up in June
Supply from Vietnam dries up; growers hold back stocks
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Pepper futures move up on buying support
Broking and commodity investors have bought some quantity of MG1 NCDEX delivered. August delivery was up by Rs 167 a quintal on NCDEX to close at Rs 10,180 on Wednesday from Rs 10,013 on Tuesday. On NMCE, it increased by Rs 200 to Rs 10,100 from ...
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INTERVIEW
`Hurricanes may push crude beyond $80'
Crude is back to $77 per barrel and that could be a worry for all financial markets. Mr Victor Shum, Senior Vice-President, Purvin and Gertz, believes that the West Asian crisis and Alaskan supply trouble supports high crude oil pricing. ...
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OUTLOOK
Rains may affect quality of cotton, oilseeds crop
Kharif groundnut production likely to decline by 7 lakh tonnes
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