Canada posted a surprise 0.2% month-on-month decline in retail sales in November led by a slowdown in sales of food and beverages at retail outlets, data showed on Friday, with consumers strained by high interest rates and sticky inflation.
A Mozambican court has ruled that a shipment of pigeon peas belonging to global commodities broker Export Trading Group (ETG) cannot be exported to India, the latest step in a battle between rival exporters that has caused delays and pushed up prices.
Chicago soybean futures rose on Friday but were on track for a fifth consecutive weekly loss after the contract dropped to a two-year low in the previous session due to expectations of plentiful supply.
The average price of agricultural goods in the European Union rose 2% last year, slowing from a jump of 24% in 2022, the EU's statistics office reported on Friday.
Spirit Airlines announced on Friday it was assessing options to refinance its 2025 debt maturities amid liquidity concerns, and said its $3.8 billion deal to merge with JetBlue Airways remained intact.
Copper prices rose in London on Friday as technical factors and lower available stocks supported recovery from the previous session's six-week low, though gains are likely to be kept in check by cautious trading ahead of the Chinese New Year.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Friday that all its international staff would return to Ethiopia a month after it withdrew the employees following an assault on staff members by government security forces.
London cocoa futures on ICE hit a record high on Friday, boosted by stronger than expected grind data, while raw sugar prices touched a one-month peak.
British Airways and Iberia owner IAG plans to invest 6 billion euros ($6.53 billion) in Spain over the next five years, the office of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday after he met with IAG's Chief Executive Luis Gallego.
Spirit Airlines is seeking to convince JetBlue Airways to appeal a decision by a federal judge to block the tie-up between the sixth and seventh largest U.S. airlines, according to people familiar with the discussions.
South Korea's Major Feedmill Group (MFG) has purchased an estimated 66,000 metric tonnes of animal feed corn to be sourced from optional origins in an international tender on Friday, European traders said.
Global commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has agreed to acquire the rest of Australian partner Namoi Cotton to reinforce its position in one of its key agricultural products.
Boeing expects no meaningful delays of plane deliveries to India because of the MAX 9 issues even as it intensifies quality scrutiny of its 737 jets production programme, a top company executive said on Friday.
Big central banks are kicking off their first meetings of 2024 with the Bank of Japan and European Central Bank gathering in coming days, while in emerging markets Turkey takes centre stage.