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Corn Pushes Gains into the Weekend as Specs Expand Length
Corn futures held onto the Friday gains into the close, with contracts settling 1 to 4 cents higher. September rallied 28 ¼ cents on the week, with December 28 cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was back up 2 1/4 cents at $4.84 1/4. Friday’s CFTC data showed...
Cotton Sees Profit Taking Pressure to Close the Week
Cotton futures faced pressure to close the week with Friday losses of 19 to 114 points across the board. December still held up for a weekly gain of 303 points. Crude oil was down 9 cents per barrel, with the US dollar index $0.533 higher. Commitment of Traders data showed...
Wheat Extend Rally to 3-Year Highs into the Weekend
The wheat complex extended the move to 3-year highs for the winter wheats into the weekend. Chicago SRW contracts rallied 10 ½ to 24 ¼ cents across the board on Friday, with September 85 ½ cents higher on the week. KC HRW futures saw gains of 10 to 24 ¼...
Cattle Face Friday Pressure to Close Week of Losses
Live cattle futures faced weakness on Friday, with contracts down 45 cents to $1.30, as October fell $6.20 on the week. Cash trade picked up later on Friday with $222 sales surfacing across the country. The Friday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed dressed sales of $342 on 40...
Soybeans Rally with the Products on Friday
Soybeans posted 14 to 30 cent gains across most contracts on the Friday session. September was up 51 ¼ cents on the week, as November rallied 48 ½ cents. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 20 1/2 cents at $12.53 3/4. Soymeal futures were $1 to $8.10...
Stocks Fall as Hawkish Warsh Boosts Fed Rate Hike Chances
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed down by -0.25% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down by -0.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down by -0.70%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) fell -0.25%, and September E-mini...
Hawkish Fed Chair Warsh Boosts the Dollar and Sinks Gold
The dollar index (DXY00 ) rallied to a 2-week high on Friday and finished up by +0.61%. The dollar jumped on Friday on hawkish comments from Fed Chair Warsh, who warned inflation isn’t meaningfully slowing and vowed that policymakers will return inflation to their 2% target. The chance of a...