Insights and Stories on Closing Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle plumb new lows on technical selloff

Oct. 13, 2016 at 6:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures tumbled two per cent on Thursday, extending losses to six-year lows on pressure from technical selling and weak prices in cash cattle markets, traders said. Lean hog futures added to recent gains at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, boosted by technical buying and as […]

U.S. livestock: Weak cash prices extend live cattle losses

Oct. 12, 2016 at 5:22 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat fall after USDA report

Oct. 12, 2016 at 5:09 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat futures firm ahead of USDA report

Oct. 11, 2016 at 5:32 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall to six-year low on long liquidation

Oct. 11, 2016 at 3:17 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump limit down

Oct. 10, 2016 at 5:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Monday settled down by their three cents/lb. daily price limit, on sell stops and fund liquidation after some contracts fell beneath chart support levels, said traders. October and December were down three cents/lb. at 98.875 and 100.05 cents, respectively […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on dry weather worries

Oct. 10, 2016 at 7:30 am CDT

Paris/Singapore | Reuters –– Chicago wheat futures rose on Monday, snapping a two-session fall, as dry weather in some U.S. and European wheat belts stirred concern in a market that has been weighed down by the prospect of record global supplies this season. Soybeans lost more ground as U.S. farmers […]

By Gus Trompiz Naveen Thukral

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans drop on weather view

Oct. 7, 2016 at 5:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures weakened on Friday on forecasts for dry weather in the Midwest that will allow farmers to pick up the pace of what is expected to be a record harvest of both crops, traders said. Wheat futures also eased as investors squared […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close weak

Oct. 7, 2016 at 5:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished weaker on Friday on weekend positioning after traders sold nearby contracts and bought deferred months in a strategy known as bear spreading, said traders. October ended down 0.55 cent/lb. lower at 101.875 cents, and December down 0.05 cent, to […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rebound on bargain buying

Oct. 6, 2016 at 5:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed higher on Thursday on short-covering and bargain buying after futures tumbled to a seven-year low on Wednesday, traders said. CME October lean hogs, which will expire on Oct. 14, led advances due to a discount to the exchange’s hog index […]

By Theopolis Waters