Commodities

Grain futures were mostly higher Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Grain futures were mixed Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Grain futures were mixed Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Buoyant Crude: U.S. oil futures jumped 1% Thursday as traders eyed tighter crude inventories and production outages.

Gold prices tumbled Thursday as worries mounted about the potential for the Fed to slow its bond buying this year. 

Gold prices slipped to the lowest level in close to four weeks as traders worried about the Federal Reserve's plans to taper its vast bond-buying program.

DuPont Pioneer and Deere are launching a program that helps farmers maximize crop production.

Apache's third-quarter profit soared 70%, as the exploration and production company got a boost from higher production and crude oil prices.

Oil prices fell for the fourth session in a row amid a build in crude inventories. Meanwhile, gasoline got a boost from a refinery fire. 

Brent crude was heading for its third straight weekly loss as fading worries over Syria and Iran helped ease risks to supply from the Middle East.

The British company is headed to court to try and contain the amount in fines it will face over the massive 2010oil spill.

The metal has dropped more than 5% in as many weeks as it gets hit by persistent uncertainty over the Federal Reserve's stimulus outlook.

The West's energy agency warned the world is heading for a glut of refined products as new Asian and Middle East refineries increase processing.

The oil company wants a an inquiry into an allegation of misconduct from a lawyer working for the administrator of compensation payments.

Oil made its biggest daily slide in close to three weeks, as slowing Chinese manufacturing activity unnerved already-worried investors.

Gold futures are plunging to their lowest level since September 2010 as traders around the world react to the specter of the Federal Reserve paring back its bond buying later this year. The benchmark contract recently skidded $71.40, or 5.2%, to $1,303 a troy ounce.

The uptick in energy exploration has prompted companies to pump millions into their plants, but that doesn't mean more jobs.

OPEC oil exporters are on course to leave output policy unchanged as oil held around the group's preferred level of $100 a barrel.

A group of accountancy professors is backing BP's fight to cap the U.S. oil spill compensation payouts it has to fund.

Crude futures are set to post their biggest weekly loss in five weeks, as ample supply and a slow global economic recovery fuelled demand worries.