Big jump in soybean meal exports on global demand
Exports of soybean meal have gone up by almost three times between October and February over the last year owing to strong global demand.
Exports of soybean meal have gone up by almost three times between October and February over the last year owing to strong global demand.
The precious metals declined during the previous week with rising US bond yield which also boosted buying in dollar.
Expect bullion prices to trade sideways to up in the coming week with COMEX spot gold having resistance near $1820 per ounce and support at $1760 per ounce.
Domestic crude steel production rose 7% y-o-y (2% m-o-m) to 9.98 mt in the month.
According to the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), 491 sugar mills have been in operation till 31 January of the current marketing season, against 447 in the year-ago period.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reduced India’s crop estimate to 90 lakh tonne versus earlier estimate of 114 lakh tonne.
The country had exported 8 million tonne in 2017-18, the highest export of non-basmati rice so far, B Krishna Rao, president, AIREA, said.