World stock and commodity markets rallied Thursday on an agreement reached by EU leaders to address their debt crisis.

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Marubeni, a Japanese commodity trader, signed an off-take agreement in early January with Canada Lithium where the Marubeni will distribute 2, 000 tons of battery-grade lithium carbonate for three years with an option to increase distribution to 5, 000 tons.

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The agreement was modestly bullish for the raw commodity sector, including the precious metals.

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