The domestic cotton prices for the major variety of cotton viz., Sankar-6 has been stable from the beginning of the current cotton season (from October 2012) ruling at Rs.33, 500/- per candy of 355 kgs till the middle of February 2013. The ...
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The sharemarket closed lower today, dragged down by the four big banks. At the close of trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 25.5 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 5092.4. The All Ordinaries index was down 24.2 points, or 0.47 per ...
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The sharemarket fell yesterday as banks came under pressure when data showed home-loan approvals fell, and a strategy update from National Australia Bank failed to impress investors. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.5 per cent at ...
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THE sharemarket fell this morning, with National Australia Bank leading a sell-off in banks after its strategy update failed to give any fresh bullish catalysts, and its cost-cutting plan undershot market expectations. Banks were also ...
A new collection of baby and early years toys is looking to take the pre-school aisles by storm. Rainbow Designs is already reporting positive feedback for the Smarty Kids range, with stocks due to arrive at retail in March. The ...
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The sharemarket weakened after an early rise, as resources companies declined on uncertainty about China's growth outlook and Goldman Sachs downgraded the resources sector from overweight to neutral. Further gains in high-yield and ...
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The sharemarket reversed an early rise as mining companies declined on uncertainty about China's growth outlook and Goldman Sachs downgraded the resources sector to from overweight to neutral. High-yield and defensive sectors initially ...
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The sharemarket reversed an early rise as resources companies declined on uncertainty about China's growth outlook and Goldman Sachs downgraded the resources sector from overweight to neutral. High-yield and defensive sectors initially ...
The UK market was at its seasonal low in February, although one should avoid any undue gloom…demand was entirely in line with expectations. Indeed, it may surprise you to note that January was actually up some 8% up on the same month ...
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Treasury has been warned against plans to impose a higher "message tax" on high frequency traders because it will reduce liquidity and increase volatility in the sharemarket. Capital Markets Co-operative Research Centre chief Mike Aitken ...
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Reignited concerns over the domestic benzene demand as well as a stubbornly closed arbitrage to the US saw European benzene prices plunge below $1,300/mt for the first time since mid-October, Platts data show. Benzene barges were assessed ...
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The spread between Asian solvent-grade mixed xylenes and feedstock naphtha was assessed by Platts at a six-month low of $184.875/mt on Friday, down $55.625/mt from a week ago. Solvent-MX market came under pressure from weak demand and ample ...
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US commercial crude stocks are expected to have increased by 2.3 million barrels for the reporting week ended March 8, analysts polled Monday by Platts said. The American Petroleum Institute will release its weekly report at 4:30 p.m. EDT ...
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According to statistics, the stocks of stainless steel products in the Chinese Foshan market totaled 148,870 tons in the last 10 days of February, rising by 5.12% from a month ago. Among them, 75,074 tons were cold rolled stainless ...
February coal exports from South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal increased 29% month-on-month to 5.45 million mt, although the volume shipped was 10% lower year-on-year, according to RBCT data released Friday. Monthly exports from ...
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