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Stock Indexes Settle Mostly Higher as Chipmakers Rebound

1 week ago
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed up +0.31% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.46%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +1.35%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) rose +0.31%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Corn Firming on Friday

1 week ago
Corn futures are trading with contracts steady to 1 ¼ cents higher at midday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 3 3/4 cents at $4.04. USDA reported a private export sale of 101,000 MT of corn to unknown destinations this morning, all for 2026/27. USDA’s Export Sales...

Cotton Fading Lower into the Weekend

1 week ago
Cotton futures are trading with contracts 1 to 15 points lower across the front months on Friday. Crude oil is down 57 cents per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.699 higher. USDA’s Export Sales data has total cotton export commitments at 5.942 million RB as of...

Stronger India Sugar Output Weighs on Prices

1 week ago
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) closed down -0.32 (-1.72%) on Friday, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) closed up +2.30 (+0.46%). Sugar prices extended their three-week-long slide on Friday, with NY sugar falling to a 5-week low and London sugar dropping to a 3-month low....

Nat-Gas Prices Rise on Cool US Temps and Record LNG Exports

1 week ago
December Nymex natural gas (NGZ26 ) closed up +0.051 (+1.73%) on Friday. Dec nat-gas prices climbed to a 1-week high on Friday and settled higher on prospects of colder US temperatures, which could boost heating demand for nat-gas. The Commodity Weather Group said Friday that forecasts shifted cooler across the...

Corn Firming on Friday

1 week ago
Corn futures are trading with contracts steady to 1 ¼ cents higher at midday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 3 3/4 cents at $4.04. USDA reported a private export sale of 101,000 MT of corn to unknown destinations this morning, all for 2026/27. USDA’s Export Sales...

Cotton Fading Lower into the Weekend

1 week ago
Cotton futures are trading with contracts 1 to 15 points lower across the front months on Friday. Crude oil is down 57 cents per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.699 higher. USDA’s Export Sales data has total cotton export commitments at 5.942 million RB as of...

Stronger India Sugar Output Weighs on Prices

1 week ago
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) closed down -0.32 (-1.72%) on Friday, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) closed up +2.30 (+0.46%). Sugar prices extended their three-week-long slide on Friday, with NY sugar falling to a 5-week low and London sugar dropping to a 3-month low....

Nat-Gas Prices Rise on Cool US Temps and Record LNG Exports

1 week ago
December Nymex natural gas (NGZ26 ) closed up +0.051 (+1.73%) on Friday. Dec nat-gas prices climbed to a 1-week high on Friday and settled higher on prospects of colder US temperatures, which could boost heating demand for nat-gas. The Commodity Weather Group said Friday that forecasts shifted cooler across the...