Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday his country wants to support Angola in efforts to diversify its economy, noting there is room for trade between the two nations to grow.
Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia support extending a EU ban on Ukrainian grain import to those countries until the end of the year, Polish agriculture minister Robert Telus said on Friday.
Copper prices in London were on track to end a run of three weekly declines on Friday, boosted by a potential demand uplift from support for China's yuan currency and seasonal strength in consumption.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to hold talks in person with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan soon, the Kremlin said on Friday, as Ankara attempts to persuade Moscow to return to the Black Sea grain deal.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will visit Russia, the state RIA news agency reported on Friday, citing Russia's deputy foreign minister, but it gave no date or other details.
A global aluminium producer has offered Japanese buyers a premium of $120 per metric ton for October-December primary metal shipments, down 6% from the current quarter, three sources directly involved in quarterly pricing talks said on Friday.
Myanmar is planning to temporarily restrict rice exports to control rising domestic prices, an official of its rice industry body said on Friday, joining India, the world's biggest shipper of the staple amid tightening world supplies.
The Taiwan Flour Millers' Association bought an estimated 104,000 metric tons of milling wheat to be sourced from the United States in a tender on Friday, European traders said.
Dutch airport operator Royal Schiphol Group [LUCHT.UL] on Friday reported a drop in first-half net profit to 15 million euros ($16.18 million) from 65 million euros a year earlier, citing higher operational costs.
Watches of Switzerland shares fell almost 30% on Friday, on course for the biggest one-day drop on record, as Rolex's purchase of retailer Bucherer raised questions about Watches' prospects.
London copper prices were on track for their biggest weekly
gain in four on Chinese policy support and hopes of improving
demand for the metal in the coming months.
Retail inflation will return to the central bank's comfort band of 2%-6% as vegetable prices soften, according to a member of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), who said the trajectory of inflation will be clearer once the recent spike ebbs.