Futures Market Overview

Old Crop Corn has made a Bullish Turn

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed down -0.56%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -1.61%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.29%. March...

Trading was ground to a pencil point in the fats today.  Traders appeared very indecisive as oil breached and remained above $80.00 per barrel and diesel fuel now trading over $3.60.

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Thursday rose by +0.43%. The dollar rallied on Thursday as soaring crude prices boosted T-note yields and strengthened the dollar's interest rate differentials. Also, Thursday's...

April WTI crude oil (CLJ26 ) on Thursday closed up +6.35 (+8.51%), and April RBOB gasoline (RBJ26 ) closed up +0.1560 (+6.20%). Crude oil and gasoline prices soared on Thursday, with crude posting a 19.5-month...

April Nymex natural gas (NGJ26 ) on Thursday closed up by +0.086 (+2.95%). April nat-gas prices rallied on Thursday and settled higher due to a larger-than-expected storage withdrawal. The EIA reported...

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26 ) on Thursday closed down -0.01 (-0.07%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK26 ) closed down -2.80 (-0.68%). Sugar prices settled lower on Thursday, with NY sugar falling...

May ICE NY cocoa (CCK26 ) on Thursday closed down -5 (-0.16%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK26 ) closed up +33 (+1.52%). Cocoa prices settled mixed on Thursday, consolidating above Monday's significant...