Cattle Rounding Out the Week with Gains
Cattle Rounding Out the Week with Gains
Live cattle futures posted are up a nickel to 67 cents at on Friday. Cash trade has started to pick up this week, with a few $365 dressed sales in the…
Nat-Gas Prices Retreat on Ample Supplies and Lackluster Demand
Nat-Gas Prices Retreat on Ample Supplies and Lackluster Demand
October Nymex natural gas (NGV25) on Friday closed down -0.069 (-2.38%).Oct nat-gas retreated on Friday due to ample storage and warming forecasts for October, which lowers the chances of early-season…
Making Sense of Current Earnings Expectations
Making Sense of Current Earnings Expectations
This week’s quarterly reports from Nike NKE, Carnival CCL, and three other S&P 500 members for their respective fiscal quarters ending in August will get counted as part of our…
Hogs Close with Mixed Trade Ahead of Bullish Hogs & Pigs Report
Hogs Close with Mixed Trade Ahead of Bullish Hogs & Pigs Report
Lean hog futures closed the Thursday session with nearby contracts up 30 to 67 cent and back months own a dime to 67 cents. USDA’s national base hog prices from…
Cotton Pushes Higher into the Thursday Close
Cotton Pushes Higher into the Thursday Close
Cotton futures posted slightly stronger trade on Thursday, closing with 1 to 11 point gains with now in deliveries October down 21 points. The US dollar index was back up…
Corn Trading with Thursday Gains
Corn Trading with Thursday Gains
Corn futures are trading with slight gains on Thursday, as contracts are up 1 to 2 cents at midday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 1 1/2 cents…
Cotton Easing Lower as Export Business Slips
Cotton Easing Lower as Export Business Slips
Cotton futures are trading with Thursday losses of 1 to 42 points across most contracts. The outside markets are pressure factors, as the US dollar index is back up $0.582…
Nat-Gas Prices Push Higher on As-Expected Weekly Storage Build
Nat-Gas Prices Push Higher on As-Expected Weekly Storage Build
October Nymex natural gas (NGV25) on Wednesday closed up +0.046 (+1.61%).Oct nat-gas prices settled higher on Thursday due to an in-line weekly storage report. The EIA reported nat-gas inventories rose…
Stocks Decline as Bond Yields Push Higher
Stocks Decline as Bond Yields Push Higher
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Thursday closed down -0.50%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -0.38%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -0.43%. December E-mini S&P…
Corn Closes with Slight Thursday Gains
Corn Closes with Slight Thursday Gains
Corn futures saw some back and forth trade on Thursday, but closed out the session with contracts up anywhere from ¼ to 1 ½ cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn…
Wheat Posts Thursday Gains
Wheat Posts Thursday Gains
The wheat complex saw some slight strength across the three markets into Thursday’s close. Chicago SRW futures were fractionally to 3 cents higher on the day in most contracts, with…
Soybeans End Thursday on the Higher Side
Soybeans End Thursday on the Higher Side
Soybeans rounded out Thursday trade with contracts fractionally to 3 ¼ cents higher, led by the front months. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was 3 ½ cents higher at…