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Railroad operator CSX posted Thursday’s highest Vol/OI ratio. With the stock already up 26% year-to-date, a large institution placed a large options bet that the rally has further room to run in the...
Soybeans are trading with 1 to 4 cent losses across most contracts on Friday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is up 3 1/2 cents at $11.34 3/4. Soymeal futures are up $2.30 to $3.80 on the...
The wheat complex is trading with modest weakness on Friday. Chicago SRW futures are 1 to 3 cents in the red on the Friday session. KC HRW futures are down 7 to 8 cents at midday. MPLS spring wheat is...
Corn futures are showing gains of a penny in most front months on Friday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 1 cent to $4.23 1/2. The CBoT will be closed on Monday for Memorial Day, with...
Live cattle futures are up 22 cents to 85 cents lower. Cash trade from this week has been $260 to $265 across the country. The Friday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed $259 sales on 104 of the...
Lean hog futures are mixed at midday, with front months June up a dime and other contracts down as much 75 cents. USDA’s national base hog price was $93.57 in the Friday AM report. The CME Lean Hog Index...
Cotton futures are down 50 to 77 points at Friday’s midday. The US dollar index was $0.003 lower at $99.215. Crude oil was up $0.54 on the day to $98.89. The market will be closed on Monday for Memorial...
July NY world sugar #11 (SBN26 ) today is down -0.21 (-1.41%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) is down -3.20 (-0.72%). Sugar prices are weaker today as they consolidate above Monday's 2-week...
July ICE NY cocoa (CCN26 ) today is up +25 (+0.66%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN26 ) is up +6 (+0.21%). Cocoa prices recovered from 2.5-week lows today and moved higher as short covering emerged...
July arabica coffee (KCN26 ) today is up +0.60 (+0.22%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN26 ) is up +74 (+2.18%). Coffee prices are moving higher today, with robusta up sharply amid dry weather in Vietnam,...
