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油价推助粮食期货价格飙升
在原油价格飙升至每桶100美元后,农业大宗产品价格昨日升至多年高点,因交易员预计来自日益扩大的全球生物燃料行业的需求将会增加。
Agricultural commodities rose to multi-year highs yesterday following crude oil’s surge to $100 a barrel as traders anticipated higher demand from the expanding global biofuels industry.
在芝加哥,小麦期货价格上涨16美分至每蒲式耳9.31美元,距离其历史高点59美分,而大豆期货价格升至12.38美元,创下34年新高,玉米期货价格距近期创下的11年高位仅咫尺之遥。
In Chicago, wheat jumped 16 cents to $9.31 a bushel, 59 cents below its all-time high, while soyabeans rose to $12.38, a fresh 34-year high, and corn traded within touching distance of its recent 11-year high.
在巴黎,油菜籽价格升至历史高点,上涨1.5%至每吨444.75欧元,而马来西亚棕榈油期货昨日上探每吨961美元的历史高点。
In Paris, rapeseed prices rose to record levels, up 1.5 per cent to