Nile Cotton Ginning Company S.A.E. (NCGC.CA)

Crop merchant Louis Dreyfus posts jump in first-half profit

Group net profit reached $336mln, up 167% from $126mln a year earlier

Key financial institutions, developers commit to joint action to speed up Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones in Africa

Decision to register agricultural land leases in Abu Dhabi

Supporting the sector's legislative infrastructure will encourage investment in agriculture and food production

Decision to register agricultural land leases in Abu Dhabi

Mansour bin Zayed: The decision will enhance the sector's legislative infrastructure, encourage investment in agriculture and develop supply chains

Indian mills hold off on signing new sugar export deals as local prices jump

Mills not keen to export at discount to local prices

Sterling pinned at one-month lows before central bank meeting

In early London trading, the pound gained 0.2% to $1.3687

Crop merchant Louis Dreyfus posts jump in first-half profit

Group net profit reached $336mln, up 167% from $126mln a year earlier

Dollar slips from one-month high as equity futures bounce

Against a basket of its rivals, the dollar steadied at 93.190

Mideast Stocks: Most Gulf indexes extend losses in line with Asian stocks

Saudi Arabia's benchmark index eased 0.1%

UK opens order books for first green government bond

Britain aims to issue at least $20bln of green government bonds this year