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<img src="/web/20150907141307im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2015/201509/20150902/20150902_palmoil.jpg/3268493-1-eng-GB/20150902_palmoil.jpg_main_image.jpg" width="280" alt=""/> </a> <p class="img-caption"> A worker unloads palm fruits from a truck at a palm oil factory in Salak Tinggi, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. <span class="img-credit"> © Reuters </span> </p> </div> <div class="feature-article"> <div class="sub-title">Commodities eye</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20150907141307/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Palm-oil-prices-weighed-down-by-crude">Palm oil prices weighed down by crude</a></h2> <p>TOKYO -- International palm oil prices are weakening. The benchmark futures price in Malaysia briefly fell 12% from its early August high to 1,800 ringgit per ton, its lowest point in about six and a half years. The price subsequently bounced a bit b...</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-list "> <div class="article-box text-list"> <ul> <li> <div class="sub-title">Internationalizing the yuan</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150907141307/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/China-emerging-as-a-major-gold-trade-player">China emerging as a major gold trade player</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- As a major gold importer, China is aiming to increase its influence on global gold trading by joining the gold auction process on the London market and allowing foreign participation in China's gold market. Moreover, the country's centra...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Downside of Volcker Rule</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150907141307/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Hedge-funds-take-crude-prices-on-wild-ride-as-banks-bow-out">Hedge funds take crude prices on wild ride as banks bow out</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- Hedge funds and other speculators have shaken up crude oil prices as U.S. financial regulations have pushed the investment banks that had previously taken on risk out of the market. "Day-to-day price movements are so big that it's tough ...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150907141307/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Crude-oil-prices-slip-with-US-stocks">Crude oil prices slip with US stocks</a></h3> <p>NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- Oil prices retreated Friday, following stocks lower after the latest jobs data showed weaker than expected employment gains. Analysts say the U.S. nonfarm payrolls are the most significant economic data point before the U.S...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Grain trading</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150907141307/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/China-s-polluted-farmland-threatens-rice-production">China's polluted farmland threatens rice production </a></h3> <p>BANGKOK -- Rising demand and constraints on production capacity caused by pollution and industrialization are likely to push up rice prices in China, with global knock-on effects, expert observers and Southeast Asian traders are predicting. The L...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Oil market outlook </div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150907141307/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Japex-president-optimistic-on-crude-prices">Japex president optimistic on crude prices</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- Crude oil prices sank further from already low levels over the summer. Osamu Watanabe, president of Japan Petroleum Exploration known as Japex, believes though that the market will turn around toward the end of the year through to at least u...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Oil benchmarks</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150907141307/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Gap-between-Dubai-Brent-prices-narrows">Gap between Dubai, Brent prices narrows</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- The price difference between North Sea Brent crude, the international benchmark, and Dubai crude, the Asian benchmark, has narrowed as European oil demand remains weak and China continues to import copious amounts. The Brent spot price w...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Signs of pullback growing</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150907141307/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Spiking-gold-to-oil-ratio-points-to-trouble-for-world-economy">Spiking gold to oil ratio points to trouble for world economy</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- The world economy is showing signs of stress, as reflected in turbulent global stock markets. Investors and policymakers are on guard, with the outlook China and other emerging economies particularly grim. 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