The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, January 07, 2009

AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL: Soyameal bucks general export trend on Latam factor
Dec shipments up 21% as buyers make covering purchases. New Delhi, Jan. 6 At a time when exports are in general floundering, here is an exceptional story. Soyabean meal shipments from the country have registered an almost 21 per cent jump ...

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL: Edible oil importers face clearance woes
25,000 tonnes palm oil await green signal in Kolkata. Kolkata, Jan. 6 At a time when commodity market participants are going through a tough time characterised by falling demand, volatile prices, contract defaults and generally poor business ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper futures drop on sales
Kochi, Jan. 6 The pepper futures market fell on Tuesday on selling pressure and reports of arrivals of the new crop at the ...

RUBBER: Spot rubber hit by lack of demand
Kottayam, Jan. 6 The spot rubber prices finished flat on Tuesday. Moderate gains in the Japanese futures failed to cheer the domestic sentiments as there were no follow up buying from the major consuming industries. Sheet rubber closed ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Fog conditions may worsen over plains in northwest
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 6 Cold wave and fog in the plains of the northwest can only get worse as deep westerlies continue to empty their moisture over the cooler surface marked by little or even nil wind ...

TEA: Council for tea planters launched
Coimbatore, Jan. 6 The Indian Institute of Plantation Management, on behalf of the Tea Board, is launching a Tea Planters’ Productivity Council (TPC)for the benefit of planters across the country. An orientation and induction programme ...

Columnists: • G Chandrashekhar • Sharad Joshi

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Nifty (at close)	3112.80(-8.65)
US Dollar (Buy/Sell)	48.69/70
Brent crude (a bbl) Rs	2,315
Gold (a gram) Rs	1,229
Silver (a kg) Rs	19,070

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