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Its economy is also facing a fall in soft commodity prices.

There is not a lot of fundamental news at the moment in the soft commodities.

Soft commodities play a major part in the futures market.

It seems like many players now want more soft commodities in their portfolios.

"That includes oil and gold down to soft commodities such as palm."

Physical and soft commodity trading operations would continue as normal.

Key soft commodities, like cocoa and coffee, were down too.

Soft commodities, such as corn and rubber, were also lower.

Soft commodities like coffee and cocoa closed down as well.

We're seeing a little bit more confidence in all the (soft commodity) markets.

Soft commodities also felt the impact of global stock markets, which fell on Friday.

Other soft commodities, including cotton, sugar and coffee, also rose.

Fund managers report that the soft commodities sector is in something of a “sweet spot”.

But investors are urged to take a long view on soft commodities, as prices could fall further this year.

The impact of the weakening dollar hit soft commodities too.

They are getting going a bit this morning but participation is very poor,' one soft commodity trader said.

Among agricultural and soft commodities, sugar prices continued to trade strongly.

Most of the action was in soft commodities, where prices were boosted by poor weather conditions.

It has nothing to do with fundamentals,' one soft commodity trader said.

Our exporters seem to be doing better, the demand for soft commodities is holding up well.

The bank said higher global oil and soft commodity price added additional inflationary pressure.

Currency is driving these markets,' one soft commodity dealer said.

People are winding back their shorts,' one soft commodity dealer said.

Cocoa has been lending the whole (soft commodity) complex support.

There is very little we can do about global demand for soft commodities trending higher.

We think softs have got a lot further to go.

How were your relationship with the Softs, being older than they and more or less a father figure?

Neither do softs if that makes you feel any better.

Schumacher has come in too and is on the softs.

One thing she'd learned from softs was to trust intuition.

Either that, or spending time around 'softs' is rubbing off on you.

Nothing fundamental drives the markets right now on softs,' he said.

But she didn't want to cause trouble; few softs lived in this township.

Enron says it is continuing to look into other opportunities in the softs industry.

Most of the softs are seeing positive numbers right now.'

I think all the softs right now are going to need some headline news to really move them,' Preston said.

People haven't got to the softs yet,' he added, predicting further falls in prices.

I'm particularly looking forward to the new Softs album.

Fernando's used all three of his softs, which is nice."

Webber told he has to go to the end on his super softs, which would seem to be a tall order.

Softs were on a downslope, but had a Friday bounce.

The softs are under pressure, the stronger dollar is my assessment,' another dealer said.

The attention is off the softs,' he said, adding market players were 'not making definite moves' at this time.

Being around softs is what gave me the confidence to join Starfleet in the first place.

Broad overview only, with no specific analysis of grains, meats or softs.

Massive breakdown for all softs and energy also,' one cocoa dealer said.

Dealers said the strength of the dollar could keep a lid on softs markets.

Softs can give back (ground) if market fundamentals deteriorate,' he added.

The softs are rubbing off on me, Pattie thought, annoyed with herself.

Both, not even bothering using a set of hard tyres, went straight onto the quicker softs.