Data pointing to stabilization in the U.S. labor market gave the market a further boost, along with a broker upgrade of bellwether 3M Co
NYMEX-NEW YORK, Feb 11 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures settled higher for the fourth straight day on Thursday, supported by Wall Street's sharp rise on a pledge by European leaders to rescue debt-strapped Greece and by upbeat economic data.
In the early going, oil futures rose after the International Energy Agency revised upward its 2010 demand growth forecast, but prices fell when the euro sank further as details remained murky about the Greece rescue plan.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, March crude
CBOT-CHICAGO, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade grains and soy complex close on Thursday.
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FCPO-JAKARTA, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose 0.7 percent to the highest closing in nearly five weeks on Thursday, in line with other markets, but late profit-taking wiped out about half of the gain, traders said.
Sentiment in equities and commodities markets was partly lifted by hopes of a rescue plan for debt-laden Greece as European Union leaders were set to meet in Brussels on Thursday to talk about a rescue plan.
REGIONAL EQUITIES-BANGKOK, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets
rose on Thursday as hopes for a rescue plan for debt-stricken Greece revived buying interest, leaving Singapore in positive terrain and ending a five-day losing streak in Indonesia.
Singapore's Straits Times Index <.FTSTI> rose 0.7 percent, erasing the previous session's loss, with good buying interest in commodity stocks such as Noble Group
Malaysia <.KLSE> and Thailand <.SETI> rose for a second day, adding 0.26 percent and 1.02 percent respectively. Indonesia <.JKSE> ended a five-day drop to climb 1 percent on the session. In Kuala Lumpur, Axiata Group
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