Cold spells in the past month may have caused localised damage to Europe's grain crops lacking snow cover, while rain relieved drought in Romania and Bulgaria but added to planting delays in France, the EU's crop monitoring service said on Monday.
U.S. stock indexes edged higher on Monday, with oil stocks gaining after mounting attacks in the Red Sea lifted crude prices, while shares of U.S. Steel rocketed after a $14.9 billion buyout deal.
Raw sugar futures on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) slid on Monday, heading toward last week's 8-1/2 month lows, while robusta steadied after hitting its highest level in at least 15 years last week.
London's marine insurance market has widened the area in the Red Sea it deems as high risk after a surge in attacks on commercial ships, according to a statement issued on Monday.
At least six major U.S. companies including JPMorgan Chase have modified policies meant to boost racial and ethnic representation that conservative groups threatened to sue over, a Reuters review of corporate statements has found.
OCI's shares jumped by almost a quarter on Monday after the Netherlands-based chemicals maker announced its second stake sale in four days and said the pair of deals would bring it $7.2 billion in tax-free cash proceeds.
New York-listed e-commerce giant Coupang said on Monday it was planning to buy Farfetch Holdings, in a deal that will provide the struggling online luxury fashion retailer with $500 million in capital to stay in operation, the companies said in a joint statement on Monday.
Following are U.S. expectations for the resumption of grain and soy complex trading at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) at 8:30 a.m. CST (1430 GMT) on Monday.
Export prices for Russian wheat rose slightly last week amid some intensification of demand from importers and more favourable weather in ports for shipments, analysts said.
The London Metal Exchange (LME) is planning to launch new metals contracts using prices from the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE), three industry sources familiar with the matter said, further increasing China's influence on global metals markets.
Luxury fashion group Golden Goose plans is looking to raise about 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) from an initial public offering (IPO) in Milan, three people close to the matter told Reuters.
Almost half of 217 global firms cut their business travel carbon emissions by at least 50% between 2019 and 2022, analysis published on Monday found, as corporate air travel returned at a much slower pace since the pandemic than leisure flights.
China logged record corn imports of 3.59 million metric tons in November, customs data showed on Monday, adding to a record domestic crop and further pressuring prices in the world's no.2 grower.
Southwest Airlines agreed to a record-setting $140 million civil penalty over the December 2022 holiday meltdown that led to 16,900 flight cancellations and stranded 2 million passengers, the U.S. government said on Monday.