TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar stayed near its 2018 peak early on Monday after U.S. jobs and wages data did little to water down perceptions of strength in the U.S. economy, though renewed concerns about trade frictions could cloud its outlook.
Signalling hopes for the beleaguered rubber industry, the visiting Turkish delegation’s ‘expression of interest’(EOI) in procuring more raw rubber and rubber products from Kerala at the meeting with the captains of the state’s rubber industry.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil markets were steady on Monday, with prices near late-2014 highs as a decision looms on whether the United States walks away from a deal with Iran and instead re-imposes sanctions on Tehran.
Unlike many commodities that have been heating up in recent times, prices of domestic natural rubber (RSS-4 variety) have been on a slide. The latest data available from the Rubber Board shows that prices have cooled down to about ₹124 a kg as of February 2018, from ₹159 a year ago.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Oil prices edged up on Friday, extending the previous session’s modest gains as looming geopolitical risks from possible new U.S. sanctions against Iran supported the market.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices dipped on Thursday, weighed down by swelling U.S. crude inventories and record weekly U.S. production which is countering efforts by producer cartel OPEC to cut supplies and prop up prices.