Canada's Dollar Gains as Prices of Commodity Exports Advance (Bloomberg.com) Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:47:27 GMT March 5 (Bloomberg) -- The Canadian dollar rose the most in almost a week against its U.S. counterpart as prices of the nation's commodity exports rose, bolstering the currency's appeal. Click Here for Other Details

Canada's Dollar Gains as Prices of Commodity Exports Advance (Bloomberg.com) Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:47:17 GMT March 5 (Bloomberg) -- The Canadian dollar gained as prices of the nation's commodity exports rose, bolstering the currency's appeal. Crude oil rose above $102 a barrel as Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ministers agreed to hold production steady at a meeting in Vienna. Click Here for Other Details

Yen Falls Versus Euro as Oil Gains, Service Industries Improve (Bloomberg.com) Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:59:46 GMT March 5 (Bloomberg) -- The yen fell the most in more than a week against the euro as crude oil surged to a record, boosting shares of commodity producers and traders' appetite for higher- yielding assets. Click Here for Other Details

Yen Fell Versus Euro as Oil Gained, Service Industries Improved (Bloomberg.com) Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:51:46 GMT March 5 (Bloomberg) -- The yen fell the most in more than a month against the euro as crude oil surged to a record, boosting shares of commodity producers and traders' appetite for higher- yielding assets. Click Here for Other Details

Volatile market: Now, brokers bat for commodity futures (The Times of India) Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:47:11 GMT Brokers feel that commodity futures may be a safer bet than the equity F&Os at this moment, even as experts have their reservations, saying the new option may be risky too. Click Here for Other Details

Commodity prices move out of the fast lane (Daily Telegraph) Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:25:45 GMT Commodity markets finally saw a touch of profit taking and my comments yesterday about the possible short squeeze in Oil on Monday proved neatly prophetic. Click Here for Other Details

Commodity transaction tax may lead to rampant 'dabba trading' (The Hindu) Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:45:51 GMT MUMBAI: The proposed imposition of the commodity transaction tax (CTT) in the Union Budget by the Finance Minister, Mr P Chidambaram is expected to divert hedgers and speculators to rampant 'dabba trading' (illegal trading), a top industry official said. Click Here for Other Details

Dollar stumbles to another record low against euro (AFP via Yahoo! News) Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:36:48 GMT The dollar slumped to fresh lows against the euro Wednesday as traders digested a glum assessment on the US economy in the Federal Reserve Beige Book and braced for a potentially weak report on Friday. Click Here for Other Details

The Short View: Commodity contradictions (FT.com via Yahoo! News) Published on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:35:14 GMT Are stocks really ready to abandon all the ground they won on the back of this year's interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve? The S&P financials index on Tuesday closed below its level of January 18. On the next trading day, the Fed cut the Fed Funds rate from 4.25 to 3.5 per cent. A week later it cut to 3 per cent - a drastic step that should make US banks much more profitable. Click Here for Other Details

Commodity stocks boost TSX; stocks gain traction on US service sector data (Canadian Business) Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:08:24 GMT Malcolm Morrison, The Canadian Press March 5, 2008 - 11:45 a.m. Men work through a dust storm on a new oil well being drilled in the Sakhir, Bahrain, desert. Click Here for Other Details

Regulator wants removal of commodity trading tax - Times of India Published on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:16:34 GMT Hindu Business Line Regulator wants removal of commodity trading tax Times of India, India - Mar 3, 2008 ... will be required to pay 0.125% on the settlement price of options in commodity derivative or an option in goods. The tax is expected to hit day traders, ... Proposed CTT may give rise to dabba trading Economic Times Not thought through Business Standard Turnover tax likely to push up commodity trading costs Hindu Business Line Business Standard all 27 news articles Click Here for Other Details

Oil prices skyrocket to new record - Globe and Mail Published on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:35:16 GMT China Daily Oil prices skyrocket to new record Globe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour ago Currency traders are moving out of the recession-battered US dollar and into commodities, which benefit from strong economic growth in Asia and other ... Oil Trades Above $102 After Falling Dollar Spurs Commodity Buys Bloomberg Oil Rises Above $104 to Record on OPEC Output, Venezuela Tanks Bloomberg GLOBAL MARKETS-Oil, gold surge as US dollar crumbles further Reuters Bloomberg - CattleNetwork.com all 1,170 news articles Click Here for Other Details

Small traders turn a rare commodity on commexes - Economic Times Published on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:00:11 GMT Small traders turn a rare commodity on commexes Economic Times, India - Mar 4, 2008 NEW DELHI: There is blood on the commodity trading floor as a lethal mix of red-hot cash markets and unexpected margin calls in futures pushes traders over ... Click Here for Other Details

Commodity trading to turn a costly affair - Hindu Business Line Published on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:22:08 GMT Commodity trading to turn a costly affair Hindu Business Line, India - Feb 29, 2008 Mr. Dilip Bhatia, Director, Kotak Commodity Services, said: ?CTT will affect the viability of trades for short term traders and arbitrageurs. ... Click Here for Other Details

Volatile market: Now, brokers bat for commodity futures - Times of India Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:42:42 GMT Volatile market: Now, brokers bat for commodity futures Times of India, India - 6 hours ago Hiten Vyaas of Kaycee Financials said shifting traders to commodities becomes convenient as the quantum of margin money to be paid by a trader here?at about ... Click Here for Other Details

Equities-Focused CTAs Tanked in January - Hedgeworld (subscription) Published on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:38:22 GMT Equities-Focused CTAs Tanked in January Hedgeworld (subscription), NY - Mar 4, 2008 Overall, CTAs were up 2.3% in January, with diversified and physical commodity traders leading the way. The index, maintained by Cr?t Agricole Structured ... Click Here for Other Details

Lone wheat commodity trader loses ?70m bundle - Telegraph.co.uk Published on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:13:47 GMT Lone wheat commodity trader loses ?70m bundle Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Feb 28, 2008 By James Quinn A sole wheat trader has triggered losses of $141.5m (?70.9m) at MF Global after a failure in the commodity broker's trading technology ... Click Here for Other Details

Canada's Dollar Gains as Prices of Commodity Exports Advance - Bloomberg Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:39:17 GMT Canada.com Canada's Dollar Gains as Prices of Commodity Exports Advance Bloomberg - 3 hours ago The currency also strengthened as traders bought high- yielding assets, including stocks, after US service industries shrank less than forecast last month. ... Canada's Dollar Falls as Bank Cuts Rate to Cope With US Slump Bloomberg BoC slashes interest rates ReportonBusiness.com all 183 news articles Click Here for Other Details

FCStone, NASDAQ OMX Announce Agora-X Investment - HULIQ Published on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:04:16 GMT FCStone, NASDAQ OMX Announce Agora-X Investment HULIQ, NC - Mar 3, 2008 "We believe that with Agora-X, OTC commodity traders can benefit from the same efficiency, cost savings, transparency and liquidity that NASDAQ OMX has ... Click Here for Other Details

Speculative buying puts jolt into coffee prices - Arizona Republic Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:15:38 GMT Speculative buying puts jolt into coffee prices Arizona Republic, AZ - Mar 4, 2008 It is now at an all-time high of 191977 contracts, according to the Commitments of Traders Report, published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ... Commentary: Commodities make records, but the top may be a long ... MarketWatch all 6 news articles Click Here for Other Details