Crude oil prices slip in Asia on profit-taking
Crude oil prices slipped yesterday in Asia, but more due to profit-taking rather than a reversal of the upward price trend.

LME unlikely to adopt screen-based trading, say traders
The London Metal Exchange, the world's largest industrial metals market, will not easily give up its century-old ring-dealing tradition in favour of screen-based automated trading, traders said.

Spices exports rise 4% in value terms
Compared to last year, the cumulative spices export has registered a decrease of seven per cent in quantity, whereas an increase of four per cent in value.