Precious metals and most energy prices moved higher in February. Three of the five soft commodities, natural gas, and cryptocurrencies posted double-digit percentage declines.
Big fund traders are starting to play the long side of wheat, corn, and soybean futures.
Cotton price action is down 50 to 86 points so far on Monday morning. Futures posted 25 point gains across the nearby contracts on Friday, with May down 2 points on the week. December was up 40 points...
Jim's big question here is: "Will there be an El Niño summer?"
Cotton futures posted 25 point gains across the nearby contracts on Friday, with May down 2 points on the week. December was up 40 points this week. Crude oil futures were up $2.08 per barrel on the day...
Agricultural Prices - 2026-02-27
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26 ) on Friday closed down -0.06 (-0.43%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK26 ) closed down -0.20 (-0.05%). Sugar prices moved lower on Friday after the International Sugar...
May ICE NY cocoa (CCK26 ) on Friday closed down -175 (-5.71%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH26 ) closed down -107 (-5.02%). Cocoa prices settled sharply lower on Friday, plummeting to 2.75-year lows...
May arabica coffee (KCK26 ) on Friday closed down -1.55 (-0.55%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK26 ) closed down -15 (-0.41%). Coffee prices settled lower on Friday amid pressure from an outlook for higher...
Cotton futures are posting 30 to 40 point gains at Friday’s midday, with thing March down 81 points. Crude oil futures are up $1.58 per barrel on the day at $66.80. The US dollar index is down $0.135...