The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, March 18, 2008

RUBBER
Spot rubber rules steady
Kottayam, March 17 Spot rubber finished flat on Monday. According to sources there were no active sellers or buyers in the main marketing centres to set a specific trend and most of the traders seemed to be falling in to a holyday mood with ... More

TEA
Reopened tea estates’ power connection cut
IDLING MACHINERY More

Orthodox teas gain at Coimbatore
The total volumes offered at the weekly tea auction that took place on Friday at the Tea Trade Association here was almost the same as the earlier week at 4.17 lakh kg with leaf grades accounting for 1.40 lakh kg and the balance 2.77 lakh kg of ... More

GOLD & SILVER
‘Gold price trend hinges on Fed rate cut’
Mumbai, March 17 The US Federal Reserve meet on Tuesday to decide on inter-bank lending rates is expected to set the price trend for gold here. Gold price on Monday hit a historic high of Rs 13,495 per 10 gm.“Markets has already ... More

METALS
Crude, metals prices set to rule firm for now
Deficit seen in aluminium during Q2; nickel likely to gain More

FOODGRAINS
Maize prices rule steady
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Rumours of cut in Customs duty
The edible oil markets were agog with rumours of cut in Customs duty on edible oil imports again on Monday. The market had been looking forward to a cut in the Budget proposal but the Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, left it ... More

Take advantage of firm prices, sunflower growers told
Coimbatore, March 17 Sunflower growers expecting their rabi crop (sown in October/November and being harvested in March) in Tamil Nadu have been advised to sell at once the seeds to take advantage of the firming oilseeds prices.The ... More

CASHEW
Cashew field day in Mangalore
A ‘cashew field day’ will be conducted at Agriculture Research Station at Ullal in Mangalore taluk on March 19. A statement said here that there will be demonstration on juice extraction from cashew apple. Various ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Cardamom prices crash
Kochi, March 17 The cardamom market crashed on selling pressure and weak demand and as a result the average price has declined by over Rs 250 a kg during the past one month at auctions held in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The decline in the average ... More

Bears pull down pepper futures
Kochi, March 17 Bearish activities pulled down the pepper futures market on Monday even as the fundamentals were not supporting it. The pushing down of the market is said to be under the influence of the sharp fall in the stock market. ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Cooking oils import nearly trebles in Feb
Increase despite higher global prices; sunflower shipments nil More

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