Lean hog futures soared by their daily trading limit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Thursday as the market recovered after setting contract lows during the two previous sessions.
Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures extended recent losses on Thursday as the market remained under pressure from rains in dry areas of Brazil and expectations for more beneficial showers.
(RTTNews) - Following the steep drop seen in the previous session, the price of gold showed a modest move back to the upside during trading on Thursday.
Arabica coffee futures on ICE closed down on Thursday, drifting back towards the previous session's three-week low as rains improved the crop outlook in top grower Brazil.
European wheat ended higher on Thursday after hovering most of the day close to contract lows hit in the previous session, as Chicago wheat futures rose back above the psychological threshold of $6 a bushel, traders said.
Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures eased on Thursday as the market remained under pressure from rains in dry areas of Brazil and expectations for more beneficial showers.
Indian state fuel retailers have raised the purchase price of ethanol made from maize by 5.79 rupees a litre to 71.86 rupees ($0.8635) per litre to encourage its production for blending with gasoline, local media reported.
More than 400 Canadian workers at grain handler Viterra are set to strike on Friday in Saskatchewan, pending a last round of talks, the Grain and General Services Union said.
Indonesia's state flag carrier Garuda Indonesia said late on Thursday that it has paid back $113.8 million of the debt it owes to bondholders as part of its restructuring process.
Arabica coffee futures on ICE fell on Thursday, drifting back towards the previous session's three-week low, as rains improved the crop outlook in top grower Brazil.
France has detected bird flu on a duck farm in the Vendee region in the west of the country, the farm ministry said on its website, the first such outbreak since France started vaccinating against the virus last year.
Germany on Thursday said it was diluting proposed subsidy cuts for agriculture after a backlash from farmers, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition seeks to finalise a 2024 budget draft after a court ruling threw its spending plans into turmoil.
Tuesday's runway collision in Japan marks the first time a modern lightweight airliner has burnt down and is being seen as a test case for how well a new generation of carbon-composite airplanes copes with a catastrophic fire.