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Gross merchandise value, a key metric for the industry, climbed 47% to 10.8 billion euros.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The analysts peg support levels for the June palm oil futures contract at 4,650 ringgit and resistance at 4,800 ringgit a metric ton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Delta’s full-year guidance is probably the metric to watch.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

The situation looks to have only worsened, with local media reporting in late March that a shipment of more than 180,000 metric tons of fuel had failed to arrive, heightening supply concerns.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Man ceased to be the measure of all else only with the adoption of the metric system in France in 1799.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton