Corn futures ended the Monday session with a 4 cent gain in July, accompanied with 9 1/4 to 9 1/2 cent new crop losses. The delayed CFTC report showed long liquidation reduced managed money’s net long...
The midday wheat recovery faded back in the afternoon, leaving the board mixed at the close. MGE wheat held onto gains, though were just fractionally to 2 cents higher. CBT futures closed the day fractionally...
Monday cattle futures ended lower, with higher feeders. Live cattle futures closed 25 cents to 52 cents in the red. June was down just 7 cents to $120.97, due to a strong basis. CME data showed no deliveries...
At the close for the first trade day of the week, soybean futures were double digits stronger in old crop, and 6 1/4 to 8 1/4 cents higher for new crop. Soymeal prices were weaker at the close, with losses...
Triple digit losses on Monday will have the board back to expanded $4.50 limits for the Tuesday session. USDA’s National Average Base Hog price for Monday afternoon was $123.57 after a $0.95 recovery....
Afternoon cotton trading left new crop futures firm, closing 1 to 7 points in the black, where old crop July fell 33 points. The weekly CoT report showed managed money at 42,685 contracts net long in cotton...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) on Monday closed up +1.40%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) closed up +1.76%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) closed up +0.62%. U.S. stock indexes on Monday posted...
July Nymex natural gas (NGN21 ) on Monday closed down -0.024 (-0.75%). July nat-gas prices on Monday fell to a 1-week low. A mixed U.S. weather forecast is weighing on nat-gas prices. The Commodity...
August WTI crude oil (CLQ21 ) on Monday closed up +1.83 (+2.57%), and August RBOB gasoline (RBQ21 ) closed up +2.91 (+1.34%). Aug crude oil and gasoline prices on Monday rallied moderately, with crude...
Sep 10-year T-notes (ZNU21 ) on Monday closed down -3.5 ticks. Â The 10-year T-note yield rose +4.4 bp to 1.482%. September 10-year T-note prices on Monday fell back from a 1-week high and posted modest...
The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Monday closed down -0.369 (-0.40%). September euro-fx futures (E6U1 ) closed up +0.0038 (+0.32%), and EUR/USD (^EURUSD ) rose +0.0052 (+0.44%). September yen futures (J6U1...
September ICE NY cocoa (CCU21 ) on Monday closed up +6 (+0.25%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU21 ) closed down -8 (-0.49%). Cocoa prices on Monday settled mixed. Â A weak dollar on Monday sparked...
July arabica coffee (KCN21 ) on Monday closed up +2.45 (+1.63%), and July ICE Robusta coffee (RMN21 ) closed up +1 (+0.06%). Coffee prices on Monday closed higher on below-normal precipitation in Brazil....
July NY world sugar #11 (SBN21 ) on Monday closed up +0.35 (+2.13%), and Aug London white sugar #5 (SWQ21 ) closed up +2.30 (+0.54%). Sugar prices on Monday recovered from early losses and posted moderate...
August gold (GCQ21 ) on Monday closed up +13.90 (+0.79%), and July silver (SIN21 ) closed up +0.056 (+0.22%). Gold and silver prices on Monday closed moderately higher. Â A weaker dollar on Monday supported...
The Barchart Chart of the Day  belongs to the plastic products company Deswell (NASDAQ: DSWL ).   Readers are always asking me how to find stocks that are just beginning to trend before everyone...
Recent weeks have seen national average corn basis weakening, despite continued solid weekly export shipment numbers. Meanwhile, national average HRW wheat basis has been strengthening despite harvest...
July Nymex natural gas (NGN21 ) this morning is down -0.037 (-1.15%). July nat-gas prices this morning fell to a 1-week low. Â A mixed U.S. weather forecast is weighing on nat-gas prices. Â The Commodity...
September ICE NY cocoa (CCU21 ) this morning is up +5 (+0.21%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU21 ) closed down -8 (-0.49%). Cocoa prices this morning are mixed. Â A weak dollar today has sparked...
July arabica coffee (KCN21 ) this morning is up +1.75 (+1.17%), and July ICE Robusta coffee (RMN21 ) is down -1 (-0.06%). Coffee prices this morning are mostly higher on below-normal precipitation in Brazil....
