British sportswear retailer JD Sports Fashion said it was on track to post higher annual profit as demand for Nike Air Force One and Adidas Gazelle and Samba footwear pushed up first-half underlying sales, lifting the company's shares 7.5%.
Malaysian palm oil futures fell to their lowest in over a week on Thursday, tracking weakness in rival oils which offset support from improving exports.
Australia's wheat production is likely to decline further as hot and dry weather in September, a crucial month for crop development, curbs yields, threatening to tighten global supplies.
India will face little difficulty in securing potash from foreign suppliers despite a diplomatic row with Canada, one of the suppliers of the key crop nutrient, industry and government officials said on Wednesday.
Prices of most nonferrous metals fell on Thursday, weighed down by a firm dollar that makes greenback-priced metals more expensive to holders of other currencies, with copper and lead also pressured by higher inventories.
Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Thursday to hit their lowest level in more than a week, as weaker crude and rival edible oils outweighed support from strong exports and a softer ringgit.
Chicago corn lost ground on Thursday, trading around a near three-year low hit earlier this week, as the advancing U.S. harvest is adding to ample supplies from rival exporter Brazil.
Washington urged JPMorgan to "be patient" before the U.S. bank stopped processing agricultural payments for Moscow after it quit a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, a senior State Department official told Reuters on Wednesday.
Washington urged JPMorgan to "be patient" before the U.S. bank stopped processing agricultural payments for Moscow after it quit a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, a senior State Department official told Reuters on Wednesday.
New Zealand's Fonterra reported an annual profit on Thursday that more than doubled and declared a higher final dividend, helped by strong margins from its cheese and protein portfolio.
Chicago corn futures ended higher on Wednesday, extending a rebound from this week's near three-year lows, while wheat climbed on a pickup in global export business and soybeans followed grain prices higher.
Russia is considering imposing an additional tax tied to the rouble-dollar rate on exports of metals, fertilisers and some other commodities, sources in two major exporting companies told Reuters on Wednesday.
In trading on Wednesday, shares of Commercial Metals Co. (Symbol: CMC) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $50.78, changing hands as low as $50.41 per share. Commercial Metals Co. shares are currently trading off about 2.2% on the day. The chart below shows the one
In trading on Wednesday, shares of Orla Mining Ltd (Symbol: ORLA) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $4.22 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum
London cocoa futures on ICE closed 2% lower on Wednesday, extending the market's retreat from a recent 46-year high, although prices remained underpinned by supply woes in West Africa.
Air Canada said on Wednesday an unauthorised group briefly had limited access to an internal Air Canada system that had personal information of some employees and certain records.