London cocoa futures on ICE rose to their highest in more than six years on Friday, as tight supplies in Ivory Coast raise concern about potential defaults in the world's top producer.
French jet engine maker Safran on Friday backed plans by Airbus to raise its core single-aisle production above 65 jets a month, but warned that fragile global supply chains would determine whether planemakers were able to hit targets.
Campaign group Transport & Environment on Friday urged the European Union to rethink plans to label certain aviation investments as green, arguing this risked "greenwashing" thousands of CO2-emitting planes.
Copper fell on Friday as anticipation of high U.S. interest rates strengthened the dollar, but prices headed for their first weekly gain in four weeks as Chinese demand showed signs of recovery.
Russia is likely to limit exports of key metals such as nickel and palladium if the United States imposes steep taxes on imports of aluminium from Russia, analysts say.
Chinese copper trader Maike Group has applied to a court for pre-restructuring, according to a statement it published on its WeChat official account on Friday.
Most French wheat crops remain in good condition and farmers have sown more than half of the expected spring barley area, data from farm office FranceAgriMer showed on Friday.
Negotiations will start in a week on extending a U.N.-backed initiative that has enabled Ukraine to export grain from ports blockaded by Russia after its invasion, a senior Ukrainian official said on Friday.
French duck farmer Herve Dupouy has culled his flock four times since 2015 to stop the spread of bird flu but as a wave of deadly outbreaks nears his farm once again, he says it's time to accept a solution once considered taboo: vaccination.
Austrian airline and event catering group Do & Co on Friday said its nine-month sales more than doubled as travel and major sports events get back on track after pandemic-driven closures.
Gucci is banking on new ultra-high-end "salons" offering merchandise priced at up to $3 million to help narrow a widening gap with rival Louis Vuitton as it waits for its new creative director to arrive.