Oil retreats from fresh 20 month highs
Oil prices pulled back last week from highs not seen since late 1997, failing to breach the $20 a barrel level in a rally inspired by OPEC output restraints.

New season cardamom auctions set to kick off
The 1999-2000 cardamom season will get off to a start on August 18 with Cardamom Processing and Marketing Company Limited (CPMCL) holding an auction at Kumili.

CBoT soyoil ends higher, soybeans rebound
Soymeal and soyoil futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBoT) finished higher, as product markets followed a technically driven rebound in soybeans. Soyoil bounced back after sinking to contract lows early.

  PMO meet today on steel floor price
  Calls to hover around 8%; gross inflows may touch Rs 650 cr
  Pepper exchange plans Trade Guarantee Fund
  Silver jumps the gun
  Market to remain flat this week
  Commodity briefing
  Kochi pepper up on tight supply
  Heavy monsoon sends ginger prices skyward
  DSE likely to slap winding-up notices on Onida group firms
  Hedges would help petroproduct agencies to cut costs
  Philippines to buy US wheat, soy
  Cyclical commodities attract speculators
  Gold high in New York, sizzling rally draws hedgers
  Hot-rolled coils price recover
  China unlikely to sell gold, says economist
  Europe's main energy market spurns sell-off
  Pakistan cotton prices steady, seen mixed
  Freight rates to stay range-bound