December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26 ) closed up +114 (+2.00%) on Tuesday, and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ26 ) closed up +47 (+1.11%). Cocoa prices moved higher for a second day on Tuesday amid signs of smaller cocoa supplies from the Ivory Coast. On Monday, data from the Ivory...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is down by -0.15% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up by +0.57%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.82%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) are down -0.10%, and December E-mini...
The dollar index (DXY00 ) is down by -0.31% today. The dollar is weaker today, pressured by a rally in the Chinese yuan to a 4-year high. The dollar added to its losses today after US Sep housing starts unexpectedly fell to a 4-month low and Sep pending home sales...
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) is up +0.02 (+0.10%) today, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) is up +1.40 (+0.26%). Sugar prices recovered from 1-week lows today and moved higher as short covering emerged after Green Pool Commodity Specialists raised their 2026/27 global sugar deficit...
Soybeans are showing losses of 6 to 8 cents, as meal spillover weakness is taking over the continued export business. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 7 1/4 cents at $11.87. Soymeal futures are down $5.40 to $6.20, as Soy Oil futures are up 25 to 28...
Corn futures are trading with 5 to 6 cent losses at the midday portion of the session. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is 5 1/2 lower cents at $4.22 3/4. The average close for December corn in October has been $4.87, as the October is used to determine...
Lean hog futures are trading with contracts up a nickel to 67 cents at midday. USDA’s national base hog price was down $5.85 from the day prior in the Tuesday AM report at $66.14. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 79 cents on October 16 at $73.40. USDA’s...
Live cattle futures are showing $1.82 to $1.95 higher in most nearbys on Tuesday. Cash trade has yet to be reported this week, following the northern dressed sales at $350-355 and $222-227 live last week and Southern sales at $228. Feeder cattle futures are up $1.05 to $2.75 across the...
The wheat complex is showing losses across the three exchanges on Tuesday. Chicago SRW contracts are falling 12 to 13 cents so far on the day. KC HRW futures are 8 to 9 cents lower on Tuesday. MPLS spring wheat is down 7 to 8 cents so far at midday....
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) closed down -0.05 (-0.24%) on Tuesday, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) closed up +0.30 (+0.05%). Sugar prices recovered from 1-week lows on Tuesday and settled mixed. Short covering emerged in sugar futures on Tuesday after Green Pool Commodity Specialists...
Corn futures are trading with 5 to 6 cent losses at the midday portion of the session. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is 5 1/2 lower cents at $4.22 3/4. The average close for December corn in October has been $4.87, as the October is used to determine...
The dollar index (DXY00 ) tumbled to a 2.5-week low on Tuesday and finished down by -0.25%. The dollar retreated on Tuesday, pressured by a rally in the Chinese yuan to a 4-year high. Weak US housing news on Tuesday was also bearish for the dollar after US Sep housing...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed up by +0.38% on Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up by +1.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.13%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) rose +0.33%, and December E-mini...
December arabica coffee (KCZ26 ) closed down -4.40 (-1.39%) on Tuesday, and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX26 ) closed down -74 (-2.12%). Coffee prices settled lower on Tuesday amid signs of bigger supplies, as nearly 28,000 bags of arabica coffee are pending grading at the Intercontinental Exchange, the highest total...