Wheat is higher across the three exchanges on Thursday. The wheat complex was mixed at the Wednesday close. Chicago SRW contracts were steady to 4 cents higher in the front months, with deferreds slightly lower. Open interest was up 7,792 contracts on Wednesday. KC HRW futures was also mixed, with...
Soybeans are trading with contracts down 5 to 6 cents in the nearbys. Futures faded the early/overnight gains and Chinese business on Wednesday, with contracts down 6 ½ to 8 ¾ cents at the close. Open interest was down 5,941 contracts on Wednesday, with most rolling out of November, down...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is down by -0.57% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up by +0.30%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.71%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) are down -0.58%, and December E-mini...
December arabica coffee (KCZ26 ) closed up +5.35 (+1.83%) on Wednesday, and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX26 ) closed up +24 (+0.69%). Coffee prices moved higher on Wednesday on supply concerns. Last Friday, Colombia’s Coffee Federation reported that 2025/26 Colombia coffee production (Oct-Sep) fell -15% y/y to 12.65 million bags,...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed down by -1.11% on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down by -0.09%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -2.02%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) fell -1.16%, and December E-mini...
December arabica coffee (KCZ26 ) closed up +5.35 (+1.83%) on Wednesday, and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX26 ) closed up +24 (+0.69%). Coffee prices moved higher on Wednesday on supply concerns. Last Friday, Colombia’s Coffee Federation reported that 2025/26 Colombia coffee production (Oct-Sep) fell -15% y/y to 12.65 million bags,...
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) closed down -0.27 (-1.28%) on Wednesday, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) closed down -7.00 (-1.25%). Sugar prices gave up an early advance on Wednesday and moved sharply lower after a rally in the dollar index ($DXY ) to a...
Cotton price action is down 15 to 23 points so far on Thursday. Futures closed the midweek session, with contracts up 15 to 21 points in the front months and down 2 to 35 in the deferreds. Crude oil was up $1.03 per barrel on the session, with the US...
Corn prices are unchanged across the front months on Thursday morning. Futures held onto Wednesday’s weakness into the close though the $4.80 area held on December, with contracts just fractionally to 2 ¼ cents lower. Open interest on Wednesday was down 1,791 contracts. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price...
Live cattle futures were down 30 cents to $1.25 across the board on Wednesday. Open interest was down 658 contracts. The Wednesday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed $226 sales on one lot of the 2,914 head offered, with other bids of $223. Feeder cattle futures slipped into the close,...
Lean hog futures saw losses of 10 cents to $1.95 on the day, with a couple deferreds up 5 to 12 cents. October expired down a nickel. Open interest was u 3,843 contracts. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $69.14 on Wednesday afternoon, down $1.12 from the day...
Wheat is higher across the three exchanges on Thursday. The wheat complex was mixed at the Wednesday close. Chicago SRW contracts were steady to 4 cents higher in the front months, with deferreds slightly lower. Open interest was up 7,792 contracts on Wednesday. KC HRW futures was also mixed, with...
Soybeans are trading with contracts down 5 to 6 cents in the nearbys. Futures faded the early/overnight gains and Chinese business on Wednesday, with contracts down 6 ½ to 8 ¾ cents at the close. Open interest was down 5,941 contracts on Wednesday, with most rolling out of November, down...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed down by -1.11% on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down by -0.09%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -2.02%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) fell -1.16%, and December E-mini...