The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 18, 2008

AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES

COFFEE: Global financial crisis impacts coffee
Coffee prices, like other commodities, have been affected by the current financial turmoil, but it is expected to sustain almost at the current levels during the coming winter months as the demand is likely to outweigh the ...

COTTON: Ginners in a spot on higher cotton support prices
Financial crisis forces them to close their units. Mumbai, Oct 17 The substantial rise in minimum support price (MSP) for cotton has put the ginners and textile industry in a quandary. The prevailing financial crisis has pushed many ginners to ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Cardamom prices drop Rs 100/kg in a month
Arrivals at auctions increase. Kochi, Oct 17 The cardamom prices fell sharply on heavy selling pressure at auctions held in Kerala and Tamil Nadu ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper unaffected by turmoil in global markets
Tight supply in India, Vietnam keeps market hot. Kochi, Oct 17 The current financial turmoil world over does not seem to have made any impact on pepper prices in the international ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Chandrayaan may encounter peaking monsoon
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 17 The launch of Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-1 lunar spacecraft scheduled for October 22 may have to deal with a north-east monsoon peaking just around the same ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Oct-Nov ‘promising’ time to sow red chillies: TNAU
Coimbatore, Oct. 17 Sowing red chillies in the ensuing Tamil month of Ippasi (October-November) looks promising, says Dr N. Raveendran, Project Coordinator of the Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell (DEMIC) functioning at the Tamil ...

RUBBER: Spot rubber rules flat
Kottayam, Oct. 17 Rubber prices closed steady on Friday. The market appeared missing its direction as the domestic and international prices reached almost the same levels. RSS 4 closed unchanged at Rs 84 a kg as on ...

FERTILISERS: Reddy fiat to officials on fertilisers
Hyderabad, Oct. 17 The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, directed officials to make available sufficient stocks of fertilisers and ensure its smooth distribution to needy farmers across ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper futures slide on bearish activities
Kochi, Oct 17 Pepper futures market which opened at higher levels and eased in the afternoon and closed below lower on ...

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Markets (Oct 17)

Nifty (at close)	3074.35(-194.95)
US Dollar (Buy/Sell)	48.88/90
Brent crude (a bbl) Rs	3,412
Gold (a gram) Rs	1,224
Silver (a kg) Rs	17,660

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