CZCE Thermal Coal100 Jun '26 (YCM26)
CZCE Thermal Coal100 Futures Market News and Commentary
Corn futures posted gains of 1 ¼ to 5 ½ cents across the board on Friday, with May rallying 13 ¼ cents on the week. December was 14 ½ cents higher this week. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was 7 cents higher on the day to $4.39 ¾.Â
USDA reported a private export sale of 148,240 MT of corn to unknown destination this morning, with 78,240 MT for old crop and 70,000MT for new crop.
Monthly Grain Crush data from NASS showed 474.4 million bushels of corn used in ethanol production in March. That was a 10.2% increase from February and 4.76% larger than last year. Marketing year corn grind has totaled 3.225 billion bushels, now 20 mbu above last year in the same period.Â
Weekly CFTC data showed managed money adding 79,697 contracts to their net long position in corn futures and options in the week of April 28. That took their net long back to 264,103 contracts. Producer selling was active with commercials adding 89,919 contracts their net short at 554,336... Read more
Barchart · Fri May 1, 2:18PM CDT
June WTI crude oil (CLM26 ) on Friday closed down -3.13 (-2.98%), and June RBOB gasoline (RBM26 ) closed down -0.0198 (-0.55%). Crude oil and gasoline...
Barchart · Fri May 1, 2:16PM CDT
June Nymex natural gas (NGM26 ) on Friday closed up +0.013 (+0.47%). Nat-gas prices on Friday climbed to a 3-week nearest-futures high and settled higher....
Barchart · Fri May 1, 11:37AM CDT
Crude oil, gasoline, gasoline refining spreads, bitcoin, and cotton futures posted double-digit percentage gains in April, while Rotterdam coal, natural...
Barchart · Fri May 1, 10:44AM CDT
There are more calls for the CFTC to step in and start regulating all the new "trading" (aka gambling) taking place in markets these days. The problem...
Barchart · Fri May 1, 10:37AM CDT
June WTI crude oil (CLM26 ) today is down -3.37 (-3.21%), and June RBOB gasoline (RBM26 ) is down -0.0448 (-1.24%). Crude oil and gasoline prices gave...
Barchart · 30 minutes ago
Starbucks is up 25% in 2026 while McDonald's slipped 4%. So why might McDonald's still be the smarter dividend buy? The numbers tell a story most investors...
Barchart · 1 hour ago
Cotton futures closed the Friday session with contracts up 89 to 199 points higher, as July was up 483 points for the week. December was up 398 points....
Barchart · 1 hour ago
Lean hog futures posted losses of 62 cents to $1.67 at the Friday close, with June slipping 62 cents on the week. USDA’s national base hog price was...
Barchart · 1 hour ago
Corn futures posted gains of 1 ¼ to 5 ½ cents across the board on Friday, with May rallying 13 ¼ cents on the week. December was 14 ½ cents higher...
Barchart · 1 hour ago
Live cattle futures closed the Friday session with contracts down 40 cents to $1.02, as June was $7.77 on the week. Cash trade got kicked off early again...
Barchart · 1 hour ago
The wheat complex closed Friday with most exchanges higher. Chicago SRW futures saw steady to 5 cent higher trade, as May was 16 ¼ cents in the green...
Barchart · 1 hour ago
Soybeans futures closed the Friday session with 5 ¾ to 12 ¾ cent gains, as May was 24 cents higher this week. November was up 27 cents on the week. The...
Barchart · Fri May 1, 3:38PM CDT
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed up +0.29%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.31%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index...
