US stocks edged higher, capping the Dow average's sixth-straight weekly advance, as investors shrugged off a weaker-than-expected reading on July job growth. Treasury prices rallied, as the muted payroll report spurred demand for ...
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Cotton Outlook's world production number for 2012/13 has been raised by 278,000 tonnes, leading to greater carryover in the new season. This is partly due to the emergence of a bumper crop in India. The 2013/14 global production figure ...
2013/14 world production is forecast at 25.6 million tons, while consumption is forecast at 24 million tons. World trade is forecast at 9 million tons, and world ending stocks are forecast at a record 19.8 million tons, or an eye-popping ...
Tags: Cotton Stocks, Textile
There has been a fantastic spell of rains and some pockets in the country have had excess rainfall. As some parts of the country like Andhra Pradesh have received rainfall one month in advance it will quicken the process of more kappas ...
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It's reported that Korea's H beam stocks have decreased recently. As of July 25th, the H beam stocks hold by the two major producers Hyundai Steel and Dongkuk Steel totaled 135,000 tons, decreasing by 12,000 tons from a month ago and ...
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Microsoft's Surface tablet has earned the company less in revenue than it paid to write down unsold stocks of the device. The company said in a regulatory filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that the Surface had earned ...
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The Australian dollar was half a US cent lower after Wall Street stocks lost ground ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting later in the week. At 6.30am AEST the local unit was trading at 92.00 US cents, down from 92.45 cents at ...
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The Australian share market has outperformed others in the Asian region, as strength in the banking sector pushed it higher. Commonwealth Bank shares closed at a record high, and its three rivals also posted strong gains. That helped ...
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According to Japan Stainless Coil Center, the stocks of austenitic stainless cold rolled coils (CRC) owned by Japanese distributors and processors totaled 56,313 tons at end of June, decreasing by 2.8% from May. At the same time, the ...
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Cotton cultivation in Latin American country of Colombia has deteriorated due to the decreasing demand from both the domestic and global textile industry as well as lack of sophisticated pest management program. According to the ...
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Reportedly, the stainless steel prices have dipped to 4-year low at end of June, caused by falling nickel prices. It’s learned that Taigang Stainless, the largest stainless producer in China has cut its ex-work prices of 304 ...
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China's benzene imports plunged to a 10-month low of 15,112 mt in June, down 80.7% from May due to cheaper domestic cargoes amid high inventories, data released Tuesday by the General Administration of Customs showed. In June, the average ...
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Natural rubber surpluses and poor demand, especially from China, will weigh on spot prices for the commodity, Germany's Commerzbank said in a report issued Tuesday. "Several years of supply surpluses on the global rubber market have ...
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Global yarn production jumped in Q1/2013 in comparison to the previous quarter as a result of higher output in Asia, North and South America and despite a decrease in Europe. Also on an annual basis global yarn output rose resulting from ...
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Resource companies have shaken off a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing to help the Australian sharemarket finish higher. At 4.15pm AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 18 points, or 0.36 per cent, at 5035.1. The broader All ...
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