Month end, outside markets, rumors, drive futures lower
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The wheat complex gave into weakness on Friday, as a $0.893 gain in the dollar index added some pressure. Chicago SRW futures saw 3 to 4 ¼ cent losses on the day, as March was up 8 ½ cents on the week....
Soybeans posted weakness to close out Friday, with contracts 8 to 10 cents in the red. That pushed March lower on the week by 3 ½ cents. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was 7 1/2 cents...
Corn futures closed the Friday session with contracts pulling off midday lows but still down 2 to 4 cents. March was down 2 ¼ cents this week. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 2...
Cotton futures posted losses of 30 to 46 points on Friday, with March down 64 points this week. Crude oil futures were up $0.32 per barrel on the day at $64.74. The US dollar index was back up $0.893 to...
Live cattle futures were weaker on Friday, as most contracts fell 47 cents to $1.75. February was an exception, up 35 cents on cash strength, with the weekly move +95 cents. Cash trade settled in at $238-240...
Lean hog futures saw weaker Friday trade, with contracts down 30 to 45 cents in the nearbys. February was down $1.10 this week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $83.57 on Friday afternoon,...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed down -0.43%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.36%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -1.28%. March E-mini...