Malaysian palm oil futures extended early gains on Wednesday, snapping two straight sessions of losses on improved demand outlook, while the market awaited Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) data for further direction.
Copper prices recovered on Wednesday from a one-month low after data showing China fell into deflation fuelled hopes for more stimulus in the world's top metals consumer.
Body Art Alliance is exploring options including a sale that could value the supplier of tattoo and body art products at nearly $1 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.
South Korea's Major Feedmill Group (MFG) is believed to have rejected all offers and made no purchase in an international tender to buy up to 140,000 tonnes of animal feed corn on Wednesday, European traders said.
Jordan's state grain buyer has issued an international tender to buy up to 120,000 metric tons of milling wheat which can be sourced from optional origins, European traders said on Wednesday.
India has decided to offer 2.5 million tonnes of rice and 5 million tonnes of wheat for bulk consumers, Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra said on Wednesday.
South Korea's Major Feedmill Group (MFG) is believed to have rejected all offers and made no purchase in an international tender to buy up to 140,000 tonnes of animal feed corn on Wednesday, European traders said.
Ethiopia's military has pushed local militiamen out of two major towns in the Amhara region, residents said on Wednesday, in its first major battlefield breakthroughs since fighting erupted last week.
Kalyan Jewellers India reported on Wednesday a 33% surge in its first-quarter profit, underpinned by premium pricing and improved demand during the festive season.
Russia said it had shot down two Ukrainian drones near Moscow on Wednesday, one near a major airport to the south of the city and one to the west of the capital.
Tour operator TUI said on Wednesday it could see its travel season shift to start earlier in the spring and end in the autumn as climate change impacts tourist habits.
London copper prices bounced on Wednesday from a one-month low hit in the previous session, as a weaker U.S. dollar made the greenback-priced metal cheaper to holders of other currencies.
The post-pandemic travel boom and the high ticket prices that come with it show no signs of slowing well into next year, despite economic uncertainty and dwindling household savings.
Chicago corn and soybeans gained more ground on Wednesday with investors covering short positions ahead of a key U.S. government crop outlook, although forecasts of cool and wet weather curbed gains.
Malaysian palm oil futures ticked up on Wednesday after two straight sessions of sharp losses, with market participants awaiting Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) data due on Thursday for further direction.
Northern China warned of crop and animal diseases breaking out as flood waters retreated from rural areas, while some cities struggled to restore drinking water supplies after the worst flooding in six decades.
The Philippines' agricultural and fisheries production by value shrank 1.3% in the second quarter from a year earlier, due mainly to lower fisheries output, government data showed ahead of Thursday's GDP report.
The Philippines' agricultural and fisheries production by value shrank 1.3% in the second quarter from a year earlier, government data showed on Wednesday ahead of Thursday's GDP report.
It's been four, long, hot months since Sunardi's village has seen any rainfall as an El Nino-induced drought parches Indonesia, so the tobacco farmer does the only thing he can do to get water: dig up a dry river bed.