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Corn Turning Higher at Midday

Corn futures are trading with contracts 2 to 3 cents across most contracts on Friday, with bulls fighting off early weakness. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 2 ¾ cents at $4.12 1/2. A resurgence in the crude oil back above $80/bbl, up $3.26 at midday is...

Hogs Gains Pushing to Friday

Lean hog futures are trading with 50 cent to $1.02 gains across most contracts at midday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $96.68 Friday morning, down $3.49 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was 50 cents higher on July 15 at $95.10. USDA’s pork carcass...

Iraq and Syria sign agreement to restore oil pipeline that would provide alternative to Strait of Hormuz

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is visiting the U.S. this week. He met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday.

Friday 7/17 Insider Buying Report: VIRC, TSM

VIRC, TSM

As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy -- they expect to make money. So let's look at two noteworthy recent insider buys. At Virco Manufacturing, a filing with the SEC revealed that on Thursday, Executive

SpaceX's sagging stock 'dampens the mood' for blockbuster IPOs

IPO

The stock on Friday traded near $126 — about 7% below its IPO price of $135.

Cattle Extending Weakness to Friday

Live cattle futures are trading with $1.77 to $2.17 losses across most contracts on Friday. Cash trade started to pick up, with a few light northern sales of $378-380 dressed and live action reported at $238-240 by USDA, with Southern trade at $237-238. Feeder cattle futures are posting midday losses...

Crude Oil Skyrockets As U.S.-Iran Step Up Attacks Despite Leaving Doors Open For Talks

(RTTNews) - Rebounding from two consecutive sessions of losses, crude oil prices have catapulted on Friday as U.S.-Iran escalation grows wider with the U.S. targeting Iran's civil infrastructures. However, expectations for a resolution through peace talks after both nations expre

Friday's ETF with Unusual Volume: FFLG

FFLG, NFLX, NVDA, STX, CDNS

The Fidelity Fundamental Large Cap Growth ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 2.0 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 89,000. Shares of FFLG were off about 1.2% on the day. Components of that ETF with the high

Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: FIX, OXY, CVX

FIX, OXY, CVX

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Comfort Systems USA Inc (Symbol: FIX), where a total of 2,676 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 267,600 underlying shares. That amounts to about 51

Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: INTC, SNPS, GOOG

INTC, SNPS, GOOG

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Intel Corp (Symbol: INTC), where a total volume of 664,998 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 66