AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Online commodities futures trading at Thrissur
JRG, a brokerage houses, has launched online commodities futures trading through National Commodity and Derivative Exchange Ltd (NCDEX) at Thrissur. JRG will initially start trading in gold, silver, pepper, rubber and coconut oil out of the 99 ...
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Jute exchange members seek FMC intervention to end stalemate
INDIVIDUAL members and ring members of The East India Jute & Hessian Exchange have urged the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) to immediately intervene to end the stalemate at the exchange. Speaking to Business Line, several members of ...
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PLANTATIONS
Kerala rules out FDI in coffee, rubber sectors
THE State Government has decided against allowing foreign investment in coffee and rubber plantations in the State. Speaking to newspersons on the decisions taken at a meeting of the Cabinet of the Council of Ministers, the Chief Minister, Mr ...
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RUBBER
Rubber rates unchanged
THE physical rubber rates were almost unchanged on Wednesday. The only looser of the day was sheet rubber, which declined a tad to Rs 58.75 from Rs 59 a kg on absolute withdrawal of the covering groups. All other grades remained unchanged in a ...
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POULTRY
Egg back in noon meals to bolster TN poultry sector
THE poultry sector in the State feels restoration of serving eggs to noon-meal students will bolster the sentiment of the table egg trade. The move would strength the rural economy as the beneficiaries are going to be farmers rearing ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper market steady despite lack of activity
THE pepper market remained steady, though there was lack of activity in the domestic and international markets. Spot prices at the terminal market here ruled steady at last Saturday's level of Rs 7,500 a quintal for MG 1 and Rs 7,200 for ...
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Sugar co-ops to seek new package from Govt
THE National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Ltd plans to table a revival package before the new Government to provide succour to the sugar industry. Mr Prakash Naiknavare, Managing Director, Maharashtra State Co-Op, Sugar Factories ...
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COMMODITY MARKETS
`Insufficient liquidity in commodity markets'
AS the Indian capital markets went into a tailspin, the lack of integration between capital and commodity markets was found hurting players in both these sectors. Even as the carnage was occurring in the capital markets, the few players who ...
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