Cotton futures are trading with contracts down 7 points to 2 points higher at midday. Crude oil is up 64 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.320 lower. The Seam reported 836 bales sold on Monday, at an average of 77.22 cents/lb. The Cotlook A index...
Lean hog futures are trading with most contracts down 50 cents to $1 in the front months. October, which expires on Wednesday, is steady. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $71.36 on Tuesday morning. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another $1.10 on October 9 at $76.51....
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26 ) closed up +0.57 (+1.00%) on Tuesday, and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ26 ) closed up +13 (+0.30%). Cocoa prices moved higher on Tuesday, with NY cocoa posting a 1-month high and London cocoa a 6-week high. Reports that heavy rains in the Ivory...
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) closed up +0.26 (+1.25%) on Tuesday, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) closed up +1.20 (+0.21%). Sugar prices settled higher on Tuesday, just below last week’s significant highs. Last Wednesday, NY sugar climbed to a 19-month nearest-futures high and London...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up by +0.04% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up by +0.39%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.37%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) are up +0.04%, and December E-mini...
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) is up +0.21 (+1.01%) today, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) is up +1.20 (+0.21%). Sugar prices are moving higher today and are just below last week’s significant highs. Last Wednesday, NY sugar climbed to a 19-month nearest-futures high and...
The wheat complex is facing modest weakness a Tuesday’s midday. Chicago SRW contracts are down a penny in the front months. KC HRW futures are posting fractional losses in the front months. MPLS spring wheat is down 1 to 2 cents at midday. Tuesday morning’s Export Inspections report showed wheat...
Soybeans are trading with contracts 3 to 5 cents lower so far on Tuesday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 3 3/4 cents at $12.23 1/2. Soymeal futures are $1.60 to $4.40 lower, with Soy Oil futures down 40 to 65 points. There was 51 deliveries against...
December arabica coffee (KCZ26 ) closed up +2.10 (+0.72%) on Tuesday, and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX26 ) closed down -19 (-0.55%). Coffee prices settled mixed on Tuesday. Tight coffee supplies from Colombia, the world’s second-largest arabica producer, are supporting arabica coffee prices. Last Friday, Colombia’s Coffee Federation reported that...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is down by -0.13% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down by -0.12%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.59%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) are down -0.19%, and December E-mini...
At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 53 most recent 13F filings for the 09/30/2026 reporting period, and noticed that Invesco QQQ Trust (Symbol: QQQ) was held by 37 of these funds. When hedge fund managers appear to be thinking alike, we find it is a goo
Live cattle futures are slipping back, down 25 cents to $1.17 at midday. Cash trade was quiet on Monday, as trade was $222-223 live and $345 dressed action in the North last week, with some southern action near $226. Feeder cattle futures are down 25 cents to $1.20 in the...
The wheat complex is facing modest weakness a Tuesday’s midday. Chicago SRW contracts are down a penny in the front months. KC HRW futures are posting fractional losses in the front months. MPLS spring wheat is down 1 to 2 cents at midday. Tuesday morning’s Export Inspections report showed wheat...
Soybeans are trading with contracts 3 to 5 cents lower so far on Tuesday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 3 3/4 cents at $12.23 1/2. Soymeal futures are $1.60 to $4.40 lower, with Soy Oil futures down 40 to 65 points. There was 51 deliveries against...
Cotton futures are trading with contracts down 7 points to 2 points higher at midday. Crude oil is up 64 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.320 lower. The Seam reported 836 bales sold on Monday, at an average of 77.22 cents/lb. The Cotlook A index...
Lean hog futures are trading with most contracts down 50 cents to $1 in the front months. October, which expires on Wednesday, is steady. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $71.36 on Tuesday morning. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another $1.10 on October 9 at $76.51....
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is down by -0.13% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down by -0.12%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.59%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) are down -0.19%, and December E-mini...
Corn futures are trading with contracts steady to fractionally mixed at midday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is unch at $4.43 1/2. USDA’s weekly Export Inspections report tallied corn export shipments at 1.302 MMT (51.26 mbu) during the week ending on October 8. That was down 7.2% from...
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Mattel Inc (Symbol: MAT), where a total of 72,079 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 7.2 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 78% of MA
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Cipher Digital Inc (Symbol: CIFR), where a total of 389,887 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 39.0 million underlying shares. That amounts to abou