Wheat Fund Falls 2.3% as Corn, Soy Also Slip
Wheat fund WEAT fell 2.31% on 7 October, corn fund CORN 1.24% and soybean fund SOYB 0.50%. Brazil's soybean planting...
October 7, 2026Section
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Oil Fund Slips 0.7% as YPF Falls 3.3%
Oil fund USO fell 0.69% on 7 October while Petrobras rose 0.80% and YPF fell 3.28%. US crude stocks fell...
October 7, 2026
Steel ETF Falls 2.5% as Gerdau Slips 2%
Steel fund SLX fell 2.48% on 7 October as Gerdau lost 1.95% and Ternium 0.98%. China's steel output fell 3.7%...
October 7, 2026
Nexa Gains 1.2% as Buenaventura Falls 2.5%
Nexa Resources rose 1.20% to US$12.60 on 7 October while Buenaventura fell 2.54%. Peru's zinc output fell 12% in January–July;...
October 7, 2026
Vale ADR Falls 3.3% as Iron Ore Proxies Slump
Vale's New York shares fell 3.34% to US$13.61 on 7 October and Rio Tinto 2.85% as China's steel output fell...
October 7, 2026
Lithium ETF Falls 2.2% as Albemarle Drops 3.4%
Lithium ETF LIT fell 2.20% on 7 October as Albemarle lost 3.39% and SQM 2.36%. Chinese markets were closed for...
October 7, 2026
Copper Fund Slips 0.6% as Escondida Strike Risk Looms
Copper fund CPER fell 0.55% on 7 October and Southern Copper 1.81% as the dollar rose. Escondida supervisors voted 95%...
October 7, 2026
Gold & Silver Drop as Dollar, Yields Bite LatAm Miners
Gold fell 1.39% to US$4,108 and silver slumped 2.54% to US$59.78 on Wednesday as a firmer dollar and 10-year Treasury...
October 7, 2026
Peso Slips to 3,239 as Inflation Hits 6.29%
Colombia's peso weakened to 3,239 per US dollar on 7 October as September inflation rose to 6.29%. The central bank's...
October 7, 2026
Merval Falls 2.5% as Country Risk Hits 586
Argentina's Merval fell 2.51% to 2,824,123 on 7 October as banks slid and country risk rose 2.3% to 586 points....
October 7, 2026
IPSA Falls 1.5% to 11,000 as SQM Slides
Chile's IPSA fell 1.47% to 10,999.64 on 7 October as SQM and retailers slid and the peso weakened. September inflation...
October 7, 2026
IPC Falls 1% to 64,653 as Energy Rises
Mexico's IPC fell 1.01% to 64,653 on 7 October as energy prices rose and markets fell worldwide. The peso closed...
October 7, 2026
Ibovespa Falls 0.7% to 204,302 as Vale Slides
Brazil's Ibovespa fell 0.74% to 204,302 on 7 October as Vale slid and US yields stayed high. The real weakened...
October 7, 2026
Tanzania and Mozambique Pledge Security Ties
Tanzania and Mozambique agreed in Dar es Salaam to work together against terrorism and cross-border crime. What was signed and...
October 7, 2026
Tanzania Pitches Mines and Farms to Dutch Firms
Tanzania’s planning minister urged Dutch investors in The Hague to back mining, farming and ports. What was pitched and why...
October 7, 2026
South African Business Fears US Visa Curbs
South Africa’s Black Business Council fears new US visa curbs could reach businesspeople who back economic transformation, not just politicians.
October 7, 2026
Kenya Suspends Lawmaker Nyoro Over Pipeline Remarks
Kenya’s Speaker suspended MP Ndindi Nyoro for five sitting days after he refused to apologise for claims about the Kenya...
October 7, 2026
Nigeria Current Account Seen at US$8.69 Billion
Nigerian dealers project a US$8.69 billion current account surplus for July to September, up from US$7.54 billion. What it means...
October 7, 2026
South Africa Court Rejects Lawyers’ Empowerment Code
A Pretoria court set aside South Africa's B-BBEE Legal Sector Code, reported on 7 October 2026. What changes for law...
October 7, 2026
Senegal Signs US$151 Million Digital Deal
Senegal signed a US$151 million agreement on 6 October 2026 to build computers and phones locally. What is known, and...
October 7, 2026