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By Jack Scoville |
May 17, 2013
The flow of cocoa from western Africa is down for seasonal considerations, and traders wonder about the quality and size of the mid crop after some hot and dry weather during the growing season.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 17, 2013
Against a backdrop of rising supply and a murky economic backdrop, RBOB gasoline rises up out of the ashes. Ok maybe not ashes but rising on refining and pipeline issues as we get ready to top off the tank for the upcoming kickoff to the summer driving season.
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By Naureen S. Malik, Bloomberg |
May 16, 2013
Natural gas futures fell the most in two weeks in New York after a government report showed that a U.S. stockpile increase exceeded forecasts.
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By Jack Scoville |
May 16, 2013
Sugar closed lower and made new lows for the move on reports of big production in April from Brazil, which crushed 41 million tons of sugarcane and produced 1.69 million tons of Sugar. Both amounts are almost triple those of a year ago.
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By Jack Scoville |
May 15, 2013
Coffee was slightly lower in low volume trading. Brazil weather has improved, and some areas of Sao Paulo could see a shower by the end of the week, which would be beneficial.
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By Brian Swint, Joe Carroll and Lananh Nguyen |
May 14, 2013
Three of Europe’s biggest oil explorers are being questioned by European regulators about potential crude market manipulation.
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By Jack Scoville |
May 14, 2013
Orange juice closed higher in reaction to unchanged production estimates from USDA and ideas that more production cuts are coming due to the greening disease.
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By Jamie Macrae |
May 13, 2013
Since the beginning of February, the discount of WTI to global prices has fallen quickly, primarily because of changes in pipeline infrastructure that has brought cheaper mid-continent crude oil to the U.S. Gulf coast.
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By Jack Scoville |
May 13, 2013
Futures were lower as traders concentrated on world supply and demand estimates that showed ample supplies instead of the projected tight U.S. market conditions.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 13, 2013
The oil market got heavy as word of a possible story of a Fed exit, which started to permeate the trading floor on Friday. The other issue is oil going down to the Gulf Coast and whether our production boom will overwhelm the refineries.
