A senior German ruling coalition source said euro zone governments have decided in principle to help Greece, which calmed investors worried about a threat to global economic stability.
NYMEX-NEW YORK, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures stayed up in post-settlement trading on Tuesday even though an industry report showed that domestic crude stocks rose much more than expected last week.
Heating oil futures also held on to hefty gains, despite data from the American Petroleum Institute that showed distillate stocks fell less than expected.
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CBOT-CHICAGO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade grains and soy complex close on Tuesday.
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FCPO-JAKARTA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose as much as 0.8 percent to a new four-week intraday high on Tuesday and closed just off that level, on talk of higher February 1-10 palm oil exports due out on Wednesday, traders said.
There was speculation that cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Service may report Feb. 1-10 exports of 400,000 tonnes, against 351,818 tonnes shipped between Jan. 1-10, traders said.
REGIONAL EQUITIES-COLOMBO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Singapore stocks jumped 1.9 percent on Tuesday but other Southeast Asian stock markets fell due to worries over the euro zone's debt problems and the implications for the global economic recovery.
Singapore's Straits Times Index <.FTSTI> hit its highest close since Jan. 29, led by a 2.7 percent rise in the biggest telephone firm, Singapore Telecom
Malaysia <.KLSE>, which fell 0.9 percent in early trade, recovered to close just 0.1 percent down, with Public Bank