Chinese shares rose on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.38 percent to end at 3,097.92 points. The Shenzhen Component Index rose 1.14 percent to close at 9,850.77 points. The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's ...
Chinese stocks opened higher on Thursday morning, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 2.43 percent, or 77.09 points, to open at 3,251.21. The Shenzhen Component Index opened at 11,367.14, up 2.25 percent, or 250.59 points. ...
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For the 2014/15 season, the August report of USDA forecasts global world cotton production at 117.6 million bales, up 1.2 million bales above the forecast made in July, but is slightly below 2013/14 cotton output. In its report, the US ...
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The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projections for 2014/15 indicate that world cotton stocks are expected to rise for the fifth consecutive season. Global ending stocks are now projected at a record 102.7 million bales for ...
Tags: Cotton, Cotton Stocks
The Asian price spread between styrene monomer and its main feedstock benzene widened by $7.50/mt to $250/mt early Thursday afternoon following an SM plant outage in Europe, but high stocks in China were expected to limit the widening of ...
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Northwest European styrene monomer prices fell $91.50/mt or 5.5% from the start of May to close Thursday at a one-year low of $1,553.50/mt FOB ARA, Platts data showed. The last time it was lower was April 23, 2013 at $1,544.50/mt FOB ARA. ...
Tags: Styrene, polystyrene
China’s stocks rose for a fifth day on Monday, continuing their longest stretch of gains in two months thanks to a services gauge that rose for the first time since March, Bloomberg reported. Shanghai Friendship Group (600827.SHA) and ...
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The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) reported that in September 2012, international cotton prices declined slightly, whereas Chinese cotton prices increased a little bit. This might indicate price directions over the next few ...
Tags: cotton price, cotton, textile, ICAC