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SINGAPORE: U.S. wheat slid on Wednesday amid a broad-based weakness in the commodity markets following a near 4 percent rally in the last session, its biggest one-day gain in more than a month.

DUBAI: Assets held by global Islamic funds jumped 7.6 percent in 2010 to $58 billion, reflecting new money inflows and strength in fixed income, commodities and other alternative investments, Ernst & Young said on Monday.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's annual inflation rate eased in September, with the consumer price index (CPI) rising 10.46 percent from a year earlier, compared with 11.56 percent in August, the Federal Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.

NEW YORK/LONDON: Gold fell around 1 percent on Friday, as bullion investors raised cash to cover margin calls amid losses in the equity markets after Fitch downgraded the credit ratings of Spain and Italy.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has sold 4 billion ringgit ($1.31 billion) in Islamic government bonds maturing in 2016 at an average yield of 3.375 percent, the central bank said on Wednesday.