The Hindu Business Line : Monday, December 17, 2007

FLORICULTURE
Lilium growers seek assured market
Lilium growers in the Nilgiris have called for creating the right ambience for an assured market for their flowers.“In the last couple of years, more farmers have taken up lilium cultivation in the Nilgiris. Some more are also in ... More

TEA
Subdued demand pushes down Kochi tea prices
Subdued demand pushed down the price of several teas at the Kochi tea auction. High priced CTC dust varieties gravitated lower by Rs 1-2, while prices of medium bolder grades remained steady to dearer. Orthodox dust grades also remained ... More

Strong demand for CTCs at Kolkata sale
Kolkata, Dec. 16 Last week, the CTC demand in the North Indian auction centres at Kolkata, Siliguri and Guwahati were strong with prices of black clean and grainy varieties appreciating particularly in the plain and medium segments, according ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Gold may consolidate, rise higher
Comex gold futures ended lower on Friday, hitting a one-week hurt by a dollar rally after a report showed signs of US consumer inflation and slashed expectations of more aggressive interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. The US ... More

Cotton likely to rise further
Cotton futures finished on Friday at their highest level in five months on speculative fund buying and news that US cotton plantings in 2008 may fall to a 25-year low. Market was also buoyed by news that Memphis, Tennessee-based analytic firm ... More

GOLD & SILVER
Gold likely to trade in a range until new trigger
Key price determinants continue to remain positive More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Rapeseed mustard futures may see downtrend
Sentiment turns weak due to high warehouse stock More

OUTLOOK
World grain prospects may improve in 2008-09
Mumbai, Dec 16 Examining the global outlook for food supplies in the current tight global market, the London-based International Grains Council (IGC) during its biannual session in Tokyo early this month, concluded that the global ending ... More

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