1:05pm

Costs and investments cut LME profits

London Metal Exchange

22% jump trading volumes fails to offset 19% profit dip

Javier Blas
3:17pm

Japanese pension fund switches to gold

Small company fund looks to diversify portfolio

6:18pm

NYSE Euronext knocked out of LME race

First bidder to be eliminated after submitting too low an offer

7:44pm

Backlash to longer grain futures sessions

Fear extended trading will lead to knee-jerk reactions to data

From COMPANIES 5:02pm

Repsol sues Argentina over YPF seizure

Spanish oil group claims $10.5bn for expropriation

11:42pm

Brazil sugar production costs rise

Increasing overheads leave bitter taste

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