Shares were on track for their biggest fall in three months after minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent policy-setting meeting showed rising unease about the US central bank's recent stimulus efforts. Domestic earnings reports had ...
As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in January this year the producer prices of industrial products in Germany rose by 0.8 percent compared to December last year and were up 1.7 percent compared to January 2012, ...
As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in January of the current year the wholesale selling prices of industrial products in Germany were 2.3 percent higher compared to January 2012. Meanwhile, the wholesale price ...
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As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in December last year the wholesale selling prices of industrial products in Germany were 3.2 percent higher compared to December 2011. In November, the year-on-year increase ...
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The local sharemarket is set to open slightly higher today following modest gains on overseas markets. CommSec economist Craig James said there were no great drivers for the local market after mixed results on Wall Street. "It's going ...
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Brazil's national statistics agency IBGE has announced that the producer price index (PPI) for Brazilian manufacturing in November last year increased 0.25 percent from October and rose 6.6 percent from November 2011. In the country's ...
Indian Express reported that Copper and nickel prices rose by INR 2 per kg each on the non ferrous metal market today on increased demand from consuming industries and a firming trend at the London Metal Exchange. Traders said the rise ...
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Reported that tracking a firm global trend, copper futures prices rose by 0.61% to INR 446.85 per kilogram as speculators created fresh positions. Besides, rising demand at spot markets also influenced metal prices. Analysts said that the ...
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A glut of manufacturing capacity and near-collapse in rare earth metal prices is driving down the cost and hence encouraging the rapid take-up of LED lighting. The Financial Times believes LED technology is reaching a tipping point, ...
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Labor problems and low prices have platinum mines closing up shop in South Africa, and the potential for acquisitions is ripening. Senior Mining Analyst and Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus in Toronto, George Topping believes that ...
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A glut of manufacturing capacity and near-collapse in rare earth metal prices is driving down the cost and hence encouraging the rapid take-up of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting. LED lights are based on semiconductors and therefore do ...
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After a fiscal year in which it was hit by slumping metal prices and floods in Thailand, II-VI reports mixed demand trends. The diversified optics and materials company II-VI has reported sales of $534.6 million for its fiscal year ...
Reuters reported that Aluminium smelters in China have agreed on higher ratios of metal prices next year to value purchases of the raw material alumina spurred by worries of tighter supply at home. Traders and sources at smelters said ...
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Reuters reported that demand for base metals in India could rise next week, particularly for copper and zinc, helped by a surge in construction activity and on higher buying of geysers and other heating equipment as winter sets in. ...
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ET reported that in range bound movements copper futures traded a shade lower largely in line with a weakening trend overseas. Besides, subdued demand at domestic spot markets also put pressure on the metal prices. At the Multi Commodity ...
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