KUALA LUMPUR: The year 2016 saw the commodity sector, except for crude palm oil and metals such as tin and good, reel under the pressure of lower prices, sluggish demand, volatile global uncertainty and weaknesses.
In the first half of 2016, crude palm oil (CPO), tin and gold prices recovered but rubber and that of crude oil remained in the doldrums.
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