Commodities

U.S. Grains Recover But Are On Track For Weekly Fall

Chicago corn, wheat and soybean futures were set for a weekly fall, even as prices edged higher on Friday after falling sharply in the previous session ami...

Less-Diversified Firms More Vulnerable To Price Spikes

Less diversified, higher levered European consumer goods firms are more vulnerable to commodity price spikes, and therefore credit quality erosion, over th...

Egypt To Buy 180,000 Tonnes Of Indian Wheat, Says Supply Minister

Egypt has contracted to buy 180,000 tonnes of wheat from India, less than previously agreed, but is looking at ways to extract more flour from grain and ev...

Managing Volatile Commodity Prices A 'Delicate Dance' For Retailers

As John Moss, chief executive of Flintfox explains, retailer pricing strategies need to be optimised to navigate the current inflationary headwinds.

Unilever Switches Some Ingredients To Adapt To Commodities Shortages

As commodities - from crude oil to sunflower oil - remain in short supply, Unilever has changed the ingredient makeup for some of its products like deodora...

U.S. Wheat Futures Rally, Pull Corn Higher As Ukraine Export Prospects Dim

U.S. wheat futures surged 5.1% on Monday, supported by concerns about lengthy disruptions to shipments out of Ukraine as fighting intensified in that key g...

Bunge Lifts 2022 Earnings Outlook As Ukraine War Crimps Crop Supplies

Global farm commodities merchant Bunge Ltd reported a higher quarterly adjusted profit and raised its full-year earnings forecast by 21% on robust dem...

Louis Dreyfus Posts Higher Profit In FY 2021

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) reported a jump in annual profit, the latest crop merchant to show a boost in earnings as economic activity recovered from the...