Futures Market Overview

The wheat complex saw the bulls holding up on Thursday. Chicago contracts were up ¾ to 3 ¾ cents on the day. Kansas City futures closed with gains of 3 to 3 ¾ cents across most contracts. MPLS spring...

Live cattle felt weaker on Thursday, as contracts were down 45 to 90 cents across the board on the day. Cash trade has been slow to develop this week, with the Central Stockyards Fed Cattle Exchange selling...

Lean hogs fell 55 cents to $1.40 across the board on Thursday. USDA’s National Average Base Hog negotiated price was down $2.44 in the Thursday afternoon report at $89.35. The CME Lean Hog Index was...

Soybeans headed lower on Thursday, with contracts down 7 ¼ to 20 cents across the board, as the 2024 contracts held up at or above $12. Soymeal futures were down on the day, as contracts fell $1.70 to...

The cotton market continued their slide on Thursday, as were down 93 to 168 points on Thursday. That was despite a round of positive export data for the bulls. Cotton limits are back to 3 cents with July...

Corn futures closed out the Pre-WASDE trade session with contracts down 1 to 2 ¾ cents across most contracts. A few deferreds were steady to 1 ¼ cents higher. USDA issued a flash sale of 132,080 MT of...

Micro E-mini equity futures at CME Group have surpassed more than 2.6 billion cumulative contracts traded in the five years since their launch. The growth in retail trading has complemented the rise in...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday closed up +0.51%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.85%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.16%. US stock indexes...