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Cotton Slipping Lower on Friday Morning
Cotton prices are down 24 to 29 points early on Friday. Futures posted Thursday gains of 22 to 61 points at the close. Crude oil was up $2.92 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.065 higher. USDA’s Export Sales report showed 277,522 RB of cotton sales...
Wheat Falling on Friday Morning
Wheat is facing pressure on Friday morning, with pressure coming from prospects for easing Black Sea conflicts. The wheat complex posted gains across the three markets on Thursday. Chicago SRW contracts were up fractionally in the front months and down fractionally to 1 1/2 cents at the close. Open interest...
Corn Holding Near Unchanged on Friday Morning
Corn is trading with contracts steady to fractionally higher on Friday morning. Futures posted losses of 1 to 4 ¼ cents across the board on Thursday, fading early gains. Open interest suggested some new selling, rising 14,127 contracts. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 3 3/4 cents...
Soybeans Ticking Higher Early on Friday
Soybeans are posting modest 1 to 2 ½ cent gains on Friday morning. Futures close the Thursday session with contracts down 4 ½ to 14 cents in the red. Open interest rose 4,706 contracts on Thursday. There were 2 more deliveries against November soybeans overnight. The cmdtyView national average Cash...
XLV, ISRG, DHR, VRTX: ETF Inflow Alert
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (Symbol: XLV) where we have detected an approximate $1.1 billion dollar inflow -- that's a 2.3% incre
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Experiences Big Inflow
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (Symbol: BSV) where we have detected an approximate $1.0 billion dollar inflow -- that's a 2.3% increase week over week
Interesting SOXX Put And Call Options For December 24th
Investors in iShares Trust - iShares Semiconductor ETF (Symbol: SOXX) saw new options become available today, for the December 24th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the SOXX options chain for the new December 24th contracts an
SMH February 2029 Options Begin Trading
Investors in VanEck ETF Trust - Semiconductor ETF (Symbol: SMH) saw new options begin trading today, for the February 2029 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 833 days until expiration the