More eyes on olive oil futures market

Visits to the olive oil futures market web page shot up to more than 47,800 in September after averaging about 8,000 a month earlier this year. The five-fold rise comes amid considerable price tension in Spain’s olive oil market, with bulk prices having risen nearly €1 since July and the country’s olive harvest – just getting underway – forecast to be just half of last season’s record of 1.6 million tons.