the technology sector.
Chinese authorities have ordered some major banks to curb their lending over the rest of this month after an early burst of credit, banking industry sources said.
NYMEX-NEW YORK, Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures stayed lower in post-settlement trading on Wednesday even though industry data showed that crude inventories fell last week, going against forecasts that stockpiles increased.
The American Petroleum Institute said that for the week to Jan. 18, crude stocks fell 1.8 million barrels while distillate inventories, which include heating oil supplies, dropped 3.4 million barrels.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, incoming front-month March crude
CBOT-CHICAGO, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade grains and soy complex close on Wednesday.
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FCPO-KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures dropped 1.9 percent on Wednesday as high opening stocks this month outweighed a cargo surveyor report of higher exports.
Prices of the vegetable oil, which hit a seven-month high in early January, have been sliding due to high stocks and weaker commodity markets.
The benchmark April contract
REGIONAL EQUITIES-BANGKOK, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Indonesia hit a 22-month high on
Wednesday as financials and telecoms attracted buying interest because of optimism over the global economy, while Malaysia scaled a similar peak as earnings hopes pushed up Axiata.
Malaysia's index <.KLSE> rose 0.5 percent, earlier hitting its highest since March 5, 2008, with number two telecoms firm Axiata
Elsewhere, Singapore <.FTSTI> fell 0.7 percent, weighed down by a 1.6 percent loss in Genting Singapore