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Government target sales of 10 grains by the following month in order to bring down prices, with wheat sales at a record 8.48

With a peak sale of 0.48 in the weekly e-auction for bulk buyers, the government’s open market sale scheme (OMSS) of wheat from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) storage on Wednesday exceeded a record 8.48 million tonne. The wheat stock at FCI is at 11.93 , the lowest since 2016.Based on an assessment, the…

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Due to persistent inflation and a larger-than-expected build in US crude stocks, crude oil prices have fallen

Early on Wednesday in Asian trading, oil prices dropped as investors reduced their expectations of a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate cut and a U.S. industry organization reported that crude stocks increased more than anticipated last week. When the market started at 0000 Brent futures dropped 29 cents, or 0.4%, to $82.48. West Texas Intermediate…

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Imports of edible oil decrease by 23% to 3.64 in the 2023–24 oil year

According to a report released on Monday by the trade association Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA), imports of edible oils—palm, soya bean, and sunflower—were down 23% to 3.64 million tones during the first quarter of the 2023–24 oil year (October–September) when compared to the same period the previous year. The nation imported 1.2 million…

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Higher production prospects caused prices to fall, leading to a gain in Jeera from short-covering

Yesterday, jeera prices fell sharply by 2.5 percent, closing at 26545. This was mostly caused by increased production expectations in Gujarat and Rajasthan, two important cultivation regions. In reaction to record prices seen in the previous marketing season, farmers increased their cultivation areas, resulting in a four-year high in jeera acreage for the current rabi…

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