Live cattle futures saw gains of $1.30 to $2.15 across the board on Wednesday. Open interest was up 1,377 contracts. Cash trade saw some light $348-350 dressed action in the North so far this week as reported by USDA, with live sales at $219-219.50. The Wednesday Fed Cattle Exchange online...
Cotton is starting Thursday with AM losses of 6 to 10 points. Futures closed the Wednesday session with contracts 16 to 43 pints lower across the board. Crude oil is back up $2.06 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.074 higher. The Cotlook A index was...
October NY world sugar #11 (SBV26 ) closed down -0.19 (-1.07%) on Wednesday, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) closed down -3.20 (-0.63%). Sugar prices settled lower on Wednesday on concerns over weak demand. According to McDougall Global Views, current open interest in the October NY sugar...
Fintel reports that on October 1, 2026, Morgan Stanley initiated coverage of NVR (NYSE:NVR) (LSE:0NVR) with a Underweight recommendation.NVR, Inc. is a prominent player in the homebuilding and mortgage banking industries, operating through various divisions that focus on the cons
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed down by -0.25% on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down by -0.86%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.23%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) fell -0.25%, and December E-mini...
The Invesco S&P Emerging Markets Momentum ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 2.0 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 25,000. Shares of EEMO were down about 0.2% on the day.
Components of that ETF with t
In trading on Thursday, the iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.5% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of PBF Energy, up about 5% and shares of CVR Energy, up about 4.7% on
In trading on Thursday, paper & forest products shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.5%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Suzano, down about 3.6% and shares of Mativ off about 3.5% on the day.
Also lagging the market Thursday are chemicals sh
In trading on Thursday, shipping shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.9%. Leading the group were shares of EuroDry, up about 4.6% and shares of Danaos up about 4.4% on the day.
Also showing relative strength are oil & gas refining & marketing shares,
In a study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages, for the underlying components of the S&P 500, Wynn Resorts Ltd (Symbol: WYNN) has taken over the #2 spot from Amphenol Corp. (Symbol: APH), according to ETF Channel. Below is a chart of Wynn Resorts Ltd versus A
Shareholders of SIGA Technologies Inc (Symbol: SIGA) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 18% annualized dividend yield can sell the March 2027 covered call at the $4 strike and collect the premium based on the 30 cents bid, which annualizes to an additional 19.4% ra
The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Wynn Resorts is now the #2 analyst pick, moving up by 1 spot.
This rank is formed by averaging the analyst opinions for each component from eac
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed down by -0.25% on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down by -0.86%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.23%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) fell -0.25%, and December E-mini...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up by +0.17% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down by -0.40%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.15%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) are up +0.13%, and December E-mini...
Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF, where 45,170,000 units were destroyed, or a 22.9% decrease week over week. Among the largest underlying c
Comparing units outstanding versus one week ago at the coverage universe of ETFs at ETF Channel, the biggest inflow was seen in the Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X ETF, which added 14,075,000 units, or a 3.6% increase week over week. Among the largest underlying components of TSLL,
In early trading on Thursday, shares of Synopsys topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 9.3%. Year to date, Synopsys registers a 1.2% gain.
And the worst performing Nasdaq 100 component thus far on the day is Ferrovial, trad
In early trading on Thursday, shares of Accenture topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 21.5%. Year to date, Accenture has lost about 17.0% of its value.
And the worst performing S&P 500 component thus far on the day i
In early trading on Thursday, shares of Honeywell International topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 7.5%. Year to date, Honeywell International registers a 42.2% gain.
And the worst performing Dow component thus far
As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy -- they expect to make money. So let's look at one noteworthy recent insider buy.
At Xenon Pharmaceuticals, there was insider buying on Wednesday, by Chief Financial