Futures Market Overview

Cotton futures found buyers heading into Christmas, with contracts up 23 to 35 points on Wednesday. Crude oil futures were another 12 cents per barrel higher at $58.50. The US dollar index was back up...

The wheat complex posted strength on Wednesday, with all three exchanges seeing gains. Chicago SRW futures were 4 to 6 cents higher on Wednesday’s short session. KC HRW futures were up 5 to 6 cents in...

Live cattle futures closed the Christmas Eve session with contracts down $1.30 to $1.50, as December settled with a 12 cent loss. Cash trade picked up ahead of the holiday, with a few $229-230 sales reported...

Soybean futures were in a jolly mood leading into the Christmas break, with contracts 11 to 14 cents higher. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was 11 3/4 cents higher at $9.92 3/4. Soymeal...

Lean hog futures were down 20 to 92 cents across the front months on Wednesday, as contracts faced losses heading into the Holiday break. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Wednesday...

Corn futures rounded out the pre-Christmas session with contracts 3 to 4 cents higher. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 3 1/2 cent to $4.07 1/2. The markets will be closed for Christmas...

January Nymex natural gas (NGF26 ) on Wednesday fell by -0.166 (-3.77%), giving back part of Tuesday's rally of +11.17% that was sparked by cold-weather forecasts. Jan nat-gas prices on Wednesday fell...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) on Wednesday closed +0.09 (+0.59%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) closed +3.30 (+0.76%). Sugar prices are seeing continued support from the forecast by...