The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 13, 2006

Demand holds key to sugar futures
Futures prices of medium sugar may stabilise at lower level next week on continued inflows from mills against steady domestic demand. Prices for April and May contracts on NCDEX declined last week bt Rs 40-50 to Rs 1,970 and Rs 2,042 a quintal ... More

FARM CREDIT

Govt to take steps to double farm credit
`Farmers require supermarkets to sell produce' More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Plea to build Polavaram project
The Andhra Pradesh Government has been urged to go ahead with the mega Polavaram irrigation project on the Godavari, regardless of the objections raised by the CPI (M) and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti, as it is essential to save the Krishna and ... More

RUBBER

Rubber futures could stretch their bull run
Rising demand, shrinking stocks, lower output the reasons More

TEA

Coonoor tea prices down
With higher volume on offer and Pakistan showing no haste to compete at high bids in the context of Kenyan plantations receiving showers, prices dropped for the second consecutive week at the auctions of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) ... More

Healthy spray
TAKING CARE: Tending to plantations is paying off as quality teas are getting good offers at the auctions. Major plantations owned by the corporates are being looked after well, like this estate at Devikulam near Munnar in Kerala. Though tea ... More

Downtrend in Kochi tea sale
Despite the good general demand at the dust tea sale, prices of high quality, medium and below medium CTC and orthodox grades gravitated lower by Rs 3 to 5 at the Kochi tea auction. Exporters operated on the grainier CTC varieties within a ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Gold futures may test higher level
Gold futures corrected sharply lower, mainly due to a strengthening dollar and weakening oil prices. Short-term picture hints at a corrective pullback in the coming week, to at least $551-53 levels and only a daily close above $561 will signal ... More

Palm oil likely to test support, rise
Malaysian crude palm oil futures ended lower on Friday after data from official MPOB showed stocks hitting a record high and exports a weaker trend. Crucial support is at 1,445-47 Malaysian ringgit (MYR) a tonne levels and would tend to ... More

Managing risk volatility
Through standard deviation, VaR More

Short-term outlook bearish for crude
Crude oil futures turned weak in line with our earlier outlook. The short-term outlook remains bearish and a drop to the support zone at $57-58 a barrel mark appears on the cards. A close below $57 would impart further weakness and could push the ... More

WATER

`Elephant herds and tigers will be happier'
On February 27, the apex court passed its verdict in Mullaperiyar Environmental Protection Forum vs Union of India case. Accordingly, Tamil Nadu State Government was permitted to proceed with strengthening of the Mullaperiyar dam, as suggested by ... More

ALUMINIUM

Aluminium seen rising this week
There is strong buying interest for aluminium in Asia. Prices of this metal are poised for a further rise this week, signalling solid demand conditions. This is despite rising inventory inflows into warehouses. Singapore warehouse of LME received ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Nafed stops sale of mustard as precaution
Done to stop recycling; Kolkata an exception More

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