Commodity bulls can blame America, the Fed and strong dollar. But the real question is gauging the 2022 slide in commodities.

From the latest push to restart Ukraine’s grain shipments to the blistering heat plaguing European crops, here’s a snapshot of recent key food stories.

BENGALURU, Aug 1 Reuters Indian shares kicked off August on a positive note on Monday, with benchmark indexes hitting a threemonth high led by a rally in automobile stocks on the back of robust monthly sales data. At the close of trading, the NSE Nifty 50 index rose 1.06 to 17,340.05 and the SP BSE Sensex climbed […]

Aug 1 Reuters Most Gulf stock markets ended higher on Monday, helped by strong earnings momentum, although the region remains exposed to pressure from falling energy prices and deteriorating global economic conditions. Saudi Arabia39;s benchmark index gained 1.2, buoyed by a 0.8 rise in Retal Urban Development Co and a 1.7 gain in Mouwasat Medical Services. Oil […]

MUMBAI, Aug 1 Reuters The Indian rupee firmed to a more than threeweek high on Monday as the greenback languished on bets the U.S. Federal Reserve would scale back its pace of rate hikes as the world39;s biggest economy stares at a possible recession. The partially convertible rupee was trading around 79.15 per dollar in […]

LONDON, Aug 1 Reuters The U.S. dollar sank to its lowest in more than six weeks versus the Japanese yen on Monday as investors ramped up bets that aggressive Federal Reserve monetary policy would tip the economy into a recession. With traditional market gauges of recession such as yield curve spreads pinned near their lowest […]

Euro zone factory activity contracted in July German retail sales post biggest yearonyear slump since 1994 HSBC rebuffs Ping An call for breakup, profit beats European banks jump 1.9, STOXX 600 adds 0.2 Aug 1 Reuters European shares edged up on Monday as a jump in banking stocks after HSBC39;s strong results offset fears of […]