SEOUL (Reuters) - Oil prices were little changed Tuesday as lingering worries over a global economic slowdown that could hurt oil demand offset some signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks.

A key rubber tree-growing area in Thailand has been hit by an outbreak of a fungal disease called Pestalotiopsis. The fungal disease could halve the area’s output, the country’s rubber authority said on Monday.

ANRPC is happy to release the Natural Rubber Trends & Statistics, June 2019. 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Signs that the U.S. and China were making progress in efforts to resolve their trade dispute supported both the dollar and trade-exposed Asian currencies on Tuesday, while the Canadian dollar rose as voters went to the polls in a closely-fought election.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian share markets made guarded gains on Tuesday amid cheery chatter about the chance of a Sino-U.S. trade deal, while investors were sanguine yet another vote on Brexit would still avert a hard exit for the UK.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A key rubber tree-growing area in Thailand has been hit by an outbreak of a fungal disease, which could halve the area’s output, the country’s rubber authority said on Monday.