French and Belgian farmers angry about rising costs, EU environmental policies and cheap food imports blocked highways and access roads to a major container port on Tuesday as the protests spread across Europe.
London cocoa futures on ICE hit record peaks on Tuesday after reports of adverse weather that could hit supplies and further indications demand has not shrunk much in response to high prices.
China Eastern Airlines expects its 2023 results to show a reduced loss of up to 8.3 billion yuan ($1.2 billion), it warned on Tuesday, citing a slower than expected recovery in overseas travel after the end of COVID-19 curbs.
South African discount retailer Pepkor Holdings reported on Tuesday a 7.2% rise in sales in the Christmas quarter from a year earlier despite the negative impact on stock inflows from port congestion at home.
JetBlue Airways said on Tuesday it was evaluating deeper cost cuts after the company forecast a fall in revenue and higher costs in the first quarter as it grapples with uneven travel demand.
The world's largest steelmaker China Baowu Steel Group has raised 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) from a bond issue, in part for the giant Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, it said on Monday.
South African farmers are expected to plant maize over an area 2% bigger this year than last, the government's Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Tuesday.
Chicago soybean futures edged to another two-year low while corn eased to a three-year low as improving harvest expectations in South America and doubts over Chinese demand kept the focus on ample global supplies.
Farmers set bales of hay ablaze to partly block access to Toulouse airport in southwestern France on Tuesday and parked tractors across highways near Paris as they lobbied the government for help to make a living from their work.
Indonesian state purchasing agency BULOG has started purchasing in an international tender for up to 500,000 metric tons of rice which closed on Monday, European traders said on Tuesday.
Swedish fashion retailer H&M is under pressure to prove to investors it can turn its fortunes around and fend off fierce competition from fast-fashion rivals such as Zara, whose sales are rising, and China-founded Shein, set to go public this year.
JetBlue Airways said on Tuesday it was evaluating further cost cuts after the company forecast a fall in first-quarter revenue amid early signs of softening domestic demand.
The European Commission on Tuesday rejected a French government view that Brussels had put an end to talks with Mercosur, saying it was still aiming to conclude a free trade agreement with the South American bloc.
Ryanair will take as many Boeing MAX 10 aircraft as it can get, the airline's CEO told Reuters on Tuesday, reiterating his confidence in the U.S. planemaker.
Copper prices edged higher on Tuesday on hopes that top metals consumer China would roll out more measures to stabilise its economy and stock markets, but a strong dollar curbed gains.
Italy's Aeffe has appointed Argentinian designer Adrian Appiolaza as the new creative director of the Moschino brand, the luxury group said on Tuesday.