The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, April 21, 2009

AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL: KS Oils to begin imports from Indonesia in 4 years
Rs 130-cr mill to be set up to crush oil palm fruits. Jambi (Indonesia), April 20 K.S. Natural Resources Pte Ltd, a 100 per cent subsidiary of NSE-listed K.S. Oils Ltd, will start shipping crude palm oil to India from its Indonesian plantations ...

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS: EU rejects Indian curry powder
Consignment found to have harmful colouring agent. Kochi April 20 The European Commission has rejected a consignment of curry powder from India which was found to have harmful colouring agent, methyl ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Intense heat wave building over East-Central India
Thiruvananthapuram, April 20 East-central India and adjoining east coast is forecast to bear the brunt of an unusually intense and earlier-than-usual heat wave from this week, according to international weather ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: US forecaster sees better monsoon rains
Thiruvananthapuram, April 20 India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) forecast of a 96 per cent-of-normal rainfall has prompted a leading US-based forecaster to revisit its own seasonal forecasts for the ensuing southwest ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper futures may continue to rise on tight supply
Kochi, April 20 Tight supply position coupled with buying interest from investors pushed up the pepper futures market last week and the trend is likely to continue for some ...

FARM CREDIT: Nabard, Bengal co-op bank in pact to step up credit flow
Kolkata, April 20 The regional office of Nabard has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on co-financing with the West Bengal State Co-operative Bank Ltd (WBSCB) to enhance credit flow to medium and long-term projects in agriculture and ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper futures fall on bulls liquidation
Kochi, April 20 The pepper futures market on Monday fell on bulls liquidation and switching over to nearby ...

RUBBER: Spot rubber declines on global cues
The sentiments were strongly affected by the sharp declines in global rubber prices and the lack of support from major manufactures. Sheet rubber moved down to Rs 92.25 from Rs 95 a kg during the last weekend. The market made all-round ...

Columnists: • G Chandrashekhar • Sharad Joshi

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Markets (April 20)

Nifty (at close)	3377.10(-7.30)
US Dollar (Buy/Sell)	50.14/15
Brent crude (a bbl) Rs	2,601
Gold (a gram) Rs	1,311
Silver (a kg) Rs	20,745

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