The dollar index (DXY00 ) fell by -0.36% on Thursday and held just above Wednesday's 4-week low. Weaker-than-expected US economic news on Thursday weighed on the dollar. Q4 GDP was unexpectedly revised...
May WTI crude oil (CLK26 ) on Thursday closed up +3.46 (+3.66%), and May RBOB gasoline (RBK26 ) closed down -0.0052 (-0.17%). Crude oil and gasoline prices settled mixed on Thursday. Crude prices rallied...
May Nymex natural gas (NGK26 ) on Thursday closed down -0.054 (-1.98%). Nat-gas prices added to this week's losses on Thursday, falling to a 7.5-month nearest-futures low. A larger-than-expected build...
Over the past weeks, world sugar futures prices recovered and rallied to a new 206 high, as sugar has followed crude oil and ethanol prices higher.
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26 ) on Thursday closed down -0.31 (-2.18%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK26 ) closed down -8.70 (-2.06%). Sugar prices continued their week-long slide on Thursday,...
May ICE NY cocoa (CCK26 ) on Thursday closed down -34 (-1.06%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK26 ) closed down -25 (-1.05%). Cocoa prices settled lower on Thursday as they consolidated this week's losses....
May arabica coffee (KCK26 ) on Thursday closed down -0.35 (-0.12%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK26 ) closed down -18 (-0.54%). Coffee prices settled lower on Thursday as they consolidated recent losses....
The maker of Pratt & Whitney jet engines’ May 1 $220 call had a Vol/OI ratio of 217.22, more than double the second-place option. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know it’s a no-brainer....
Watch out for the "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" El Niño headed our way this year.
Lean hog futures are up a quarter in soon to expire April, with other contracts steady to a dime lower. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $89.90 on Thursday morning. The CME Lean Hog Index...