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Fri, Mar 29th, 2024
Wheat Followed Corn’s Rally on Thursday

Despite neutral to bear-friendly NASS data, wheat futures rallied into the 3-day Holiday weekend. The spring wheat futures faded on the higher acreage to close 3 ½ to 6 cents in the red. Chicago prices...

ZWK24 : 560-2s (+2.33%)
ZWN24 : 575-6s (+2.31%)
KEK24 : 585-2s (+1.21%)
MWK24 : 645-0s (-0.92%)
Corn Rallied into 3-Day Weekend with NASS Data

Thursday’s trading session left the corn market ~6c off the day’s highs, but still 13 to 16 cents in the black. Old crop May ended the week with a 2 ¾ cent gain and finished the last trade day of...

ZCK24 : 442-0s (+3.57%)
ZCPAUS.CM : 4.2047 (+3.97%)
ZCN24 : 454-4s (+3.47%)
ZCU24 : 464-4s (+3.57%)
Mixed Close for Report Day Soybeans

Old crop beans ended the day with 1 to 1 ¼ cent losses, while the new crop contracts finished as much as 8 ¼ cents in the black. The May soybean contract finished the week with the same 1c loss, but...

ZMK24 : 337.7s (-0.38%)
ZLK24 : 47.95s (+0.59%)
ZSK24 : 1191-4s (-0.08%)
ZSPAUS.CM : 11.3491 (-0.02%)
ZSN24 : 1205-2s (-0.10%)
ZSQ24 : 1203-6s (-0.10%)
Cattle Firm Up into the Weekend

Thursday’s cattle trade pushed futures back up by $1.40 to $1.57. For the June contract that ended the week a net $2.65 lower after bouncing off the Bollinger midline. June fats were a net 97c weaker...

LEJ24 : 185.000s (+0.76%)
LEM24 : 180.250s (+0.88%)
LEQ24 : 178.200s (+0.86%)
GFJ24 : 247.125s (+0.10%)
GFK24 : 248.700s (+0.17%)
Hogs Closed Off Highs but still Stronger for NASS Report

Nearby lean hog futures were up by as much as $1.25 for the day’s high, but prices ended the day mixed / mostly higher. June was down by 15c for Thursday which finished the week’s move on a net $1.75...

HEJ24 : 86.625s (+0.61%)
HEM24 : 101.450s (-0.15%)
KMJ24 : 95.625s (+0.13%)
Cotton Gains into the Holiday Weekend

May cotton futures kept to a mostly tight range from -26 to +120 points, and finished the day with a 61 point gain. The lead month finished the week with a net 15 point loss, and closed the month of March...

CTK24 : 91.38s (+0.67%)
CTN24 : 91.97s (+0.58%)
CTV24 : 87.28s (+0.98%)
Ford Motor vs. Toyota: Which Hybrid EV Stock Is a Better Buy?

With hybrid EVs gaining popularity, let’s find out whether shares of Ford or Toyota are a better buy.

F : 13.28 (+1.68%)
TM : 251.68 (-0.19%)
$SPX : 5,254.35 (+0.11%)
S&P 500 Posts a Record High on Optimism the Fed Can Achieve a Soft Landing

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday closed up +0.11%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.12%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.14%. Stock indexes...

$SPX : 5,254.35 (+0.11%)
SPY : 523.07 (-0.02%)
$DOWI : 39,807.37 (+0.12%)
DIA : 397.76 (+0.05%)
$IUXX : 18,254.69 (-0.14%)
QQQ : 444.01 (-0.18%)
ZNM24 : 110-255s (-0.07%)
EL : 154.15 (+6.28%)
WBA : 21.69 (+3.19%)
RH : 348.26 (+17.26%)
SRRK : 17.76 (+14.95%)
APA : 34.38 (+1.99%)
Dollar Gains on Hawkish Waller Comments and Strong US Economic Reports

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Thursday climbed to a 6-week high and finished up by +0.20%. Hawkish comments Wednesday night from Fed Governor Waller boosted the dollar when he said there’s “no rush”...

DXY00 : 104.571 (+0.02%)
^EURUSD : 1.07850 (-0.03%)
^USDJPY : 151.308 (-0.05%)
GCM24 : 2,238.4s (+1.16%)
SIK24 : 24.916s (+0.66%)
Crude Rallies on Stronger-Than-Expected US Economic Reports

May WTI crude oil (CLK24 ) on Thursday closed up +1.82 (+2.24%), and May RBOB gasoline (RBK24 ) closed up +4.87 (+1.82%). Crude and gasoline prices Thursday settled moderately higher, with crude posting...

CLK24 : 83.17s (+2.24%)
RBK24 : 2.7206s (+1.82%)

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Crude Oil closed at its highest price since October https://t.co/gc7sbaJ7Xz
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Apple's $AAPL closed below its 200-day moving average for the 7th consecutive week. Complete breakdown! https://t.co/fAnNUyZ6dT
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Cleanspark Insider Trading Alert 🚨 Chair Matt Schultz dumped 367k $CLSK shares worth 8.5 million yesterday. Last week, CEO Zach Bradford dumped $9 million worth of shares. And today, the company announced an $800 million stock offering effectively diluting the company by 20%. https://t.co/0XUMVXLSMF https://t.co/9jjOw4XfQE
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Paypal $PYPL formed a Golden Cross for the first time since May 2020. The last one made Bulls very happy! https://t.co/tEQ06h4Mh2
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ETFs w/ most active options trading: $SPY - 7.1M $QQQ - 3.0M $IWM - 1.7M $BITO - 1.7M $SLV - 616k $TLT - 305k $GLD - 297k $GDX - 256k $EEM - 245k $TQQQ - 241k $XLF - 216k $SMH - 200k $SQQQ - 195k $HYG - 190k $FXI - 165k $EFA - 163k $SOXL - 155k $XLE - 102k $MSOS - 93k $ARKK -87k
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Stocks w/ most active options trading: $TSLA - 2.1M $NVDA - 1.7M $AAPL - 844k $AMD - 827k $MARA - 549k $AMZN - 547k $PLTR - 529k $META - 344k $AMC - 293k $INTC - 282k $DIS - 261k $COIN - 259k $RIVN - 245k $CCL - 234k $C - 227k $MU - 218k $PFE - 215k What options did you trade?
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Bears right now as stocks have their 3rd best start to a year since 2000 https://t.co/7nwh8FUrKE
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Market Breadth Hits 34-Month High 🚨 86% of S&P 500 stocks are trading above their 100 Day Moving Average, the most since May 2021 👀 https://t.co/PLYrjHkfhs https://t.co/hHXBkakflR
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S&P 500 finished the first quarter up 10%, its best start to a year since 2019. In addition, the $SPX has traded green for five consecutive months. Beast Mode! https://t.co/aYy4m1ZipU

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