Commodity Markets

Signs of rebounding commodity prices are boosting agricultural income, but farmers say they are oil dependant and recovery is jeopardized from rising fuel prices. With diesel gas more than $4 a gallon, it has cut into farmers’ bottom line, Ben...

As January came to a close, it was clear that the stock market remained quite resilient. The S&P 500 Index, a proxy for large cap U.S. equities, returned 2.4% in January, which marks the fifth consecutive positive month for the market. The gains were...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures slipped on Tuesday after the S&P 500 hit yet another intraday record in the previous session, with markets expected to drift sideways ahead of Congressional testimony from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday. *...

PERTH, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures eased to about $96.50 a barrel in early trading in Asia on Tuesday as ample supplies weighed on prices, despite support from equity markets. FUNDAMENTALS * U.S. oil fell 14 cents to $96.57 a barrel by 0023...

Hedge fund manager Douglas Kass has always been a contrarian, whether it's predicting a "bear" market when the Dow and the S&P 500 both topped new record highs earlier in the week or deciding to put down roots in Palm Beach County, far from most other...

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A European probe into possible oil price manipulation expanded with the investigation of a small niche trading house in the Netherlands, while a key U.S. senator on Friday called for the Justice Department to join the...

By John Kemp LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques could boost U.S. domestic oil production by 4 million barrels per day for 50 years, while storing all the emissions from 93 large coal-fired power plants, at a price of just...

* Gold falls for sixth sessions, first time in four years * Oil gains as dollar drops after soft U.S. economic readings * U.S. drought shrinks, may be too late for some wheat crops By Carole Vaporean NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - Most commodity markets...

* Dollar recovers after president of San Francisco Fed speaks * Wall Street drops further but Cisco surges on earnings * Bond prices rise on poor U.S. economic data * Brent oil settles slightly higher By Herbert Lash NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) -...

* Euro zone annual inflation down to 1.2 pct in April * Bloc's trade surplus widens to 22.9 bln euros in March By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS, May 16 (Reuters) - Falling prices in Germany and France pulled euro zone consumer inflation to a three-year low...

* Euro slides 0.1 against dollar after weak euro zone inflation * Data reinforces expectations of monetary policy easing * European shares dip but still near multi-year highs * Japanese growth spurt 'proves Abenomics is working' By Richard Hubbard...

* Dollar reverses gains against euro and yen * Data shows surprises weakness in labour and housing markets * European shares flat but still near multi-year highs * Japanese growth spurt 'proves Abenomics is working' By Richard Hubbard LONDON, May...