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Equities
Commodities
| Energy |
| Brent Crude Oil |
+0.86% |
| Ethanol |
+0.00% |
| Heating Oil |
+0.85% |
| Natural Gas |
+0.48% |
| RBOB Gasoline |
+0.57% |
| WTI Crude Oil |
+0.98% |
| Metals |
| Copper |
+0.00% |
| Gold 100oz |
+0.11% |
| Palladium |
-0.74% |
| Platinum |
+0.29% |
| Silver 5000oz |
+0.00% |
| Agricultural |
| Cattle |
+0.00% |
| Coffee (Robusta) |
+0.00% |
| Lumber |
-1.66% |
| Wheat |
+0.10% |
| White Sugar |
+0.00% |
| Corn |
+0.13% |
| Orange Juice |
-2.09% |
| Cocoa |
+0.00% |
| Coffee (Arabica) |
-0.74% |
| Cotton |
-0.08% |
| Feeder Cattle |
+0.00% |
| Lean Hogs |
+0.00% |
| Sugar #11 |
+1.17% |
| Soybean Meal |
+0.42% |
| Soybeans |
+0.21% |
Must reads
S&P: India’s hard-won fiscal improvement is vulnerable to financial or commodity shock, because of high subsidy and public debt. (ET, #economy)
Consumer price inflation hit a three-month low of 5.17% in March. (FE, #inflation)
Soon, we will all be totally jobless:
- Robot cook: A pair of dexterous robotic hands, suspended from the ceiling, assemble the ingredients, mix them, and cook them in pots and pans as required, on a hob or in an oven. When the dish is ready, they then serve it with the flourish of a professional. (Economist)
- On-call scheduling: Software that forecasts staffing needs based on real-time sales and traffic information. (WSJ)
- Proof that income inequality cannot be fixed by education: High-skilled workers have moved down the occupational ladder and have begun to perform jobs traditionally performed by lower-skilled workers. (NBER)
Markets closed today on account of Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti