Friday’s red session left the cotton market net weaker for the week. December gave back 148 points on Friday to close 143 points below last week. Dec also saw the lowest prints on Friday since March...
The Friday closes reflected the week’s net move, as June and August went into the weekend with 57 and 30 cent losses respectively to the deferred contracts’ 12 to 50 cent gains. July hogs were down...
The live cattle futures market ended the day with nearby losses of 15 to 37 cents, but deferred contract gains of less than 10 cents. USDA called the week’s cash market at $184 for the WCB, and $180...
The wheat markets ended with some double digit losses on Friday. CBT SRW prices were down 12 to 13 1/2 cents, though July was still at a net 45 cent gain for the week. KC futures closed 11 1/2 to 15 1/4...
Soybeans ended the last trade day of the week with 9 1/4 to 33 1/4 cent losses. For July that minimized the week’s net gain to 28 cents, but for Nov futures it flipped the board a net 32 cents below...
Despite the strength to start the week, the Thursday and Friday selloff flipped the board to a net loss for the week. Futures were down another 4% to 4.9% on Friday, leaving both July and Dec 9 1/2 cents...
What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Friday fell by -0.77%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) fell by -0.65%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) fell by -1.00%....
The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday rose by +0.50% due to increased liquidity demand sparked by the weak U.S. stock market. In addition, EUR/USD (^EURUSD ) fell by -0.65% as the Eurozone PMI reports were...
July Nymex natural gas (NGN23 ) on Friday rallied sharply to a new 1-month high and closed the day up +0.121 (+4.64%). Hot weather continues to be the main bullish factor for nat-gas prices, with the scorching...
August WTI crude oil (CLQ23 ) Friday closed down -0.35 (-0.50%), and Aug RBOB gasoline (RBQ23 ) closed down -3.49 (-1.41%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Friday extended Thursday's sell-off on economic...