KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) and the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) have planned various programmes and initiatives to continue empowering the country's rubber industry through several platforms.

Production of natural rubber decreased 8.2 per cent in January 2021

TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar held firm on Monday after bouncing off a one-week low last week, supported by a spike in benchmark Treasury yields to more-than-one-year highs as inflation fears continued to smoulder.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Global stock prices inched higher while U.S. bond yields hovered near a 13-month peak on Monday as investors bet U.S. economic growth will accelerate after the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill President Joe Biden signed into law last week.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices edged up on Monday, with Brent drifting near $70 a barrel, propped up by output cuts from major producers and optimism about global economic and fuel demand recovery in the second half of the year.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s industrial output growth quickened in January-February, beating expectations, as the vast manufacturing sector started 2021 on a firm footing and the economy consolidated its brisk recovery.