TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Tuesday, extending declines for a third day, as concerns about rising stockpiles in the United States added to the threat to demand posed by countries including Germany and France halting COVID-19 vaccinations.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar clung to small gains from the start of the week on Tuesday as caution reigned in currency markets ahead of major central bank meetings, headlined by a two-day Federal Reserve gathering beginning later in the global day.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) and the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) have planned various programmes and initiatives to continue empowering the country's rubber industry through several platforms.

Production of natural rubber decreased 8.2 per cent in January 2021

TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar held firm on Monday after bouncing off a one-week low last week, supported by a spike in benchmark Treasury yields to more-than-one-year highs as inflation fears continued to smoulder.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Global stock prices inched higher while U.S. bond yields hovered near a 13-month peak on Monday as investors bet U.S. economic growth will accelerate after the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill President Joe Biden signed into law last week.