Insights and Stories on Closing Markets

U.S. grains: Corn futures fall, soybeans firm as harvest expands

Oct. 6, 2016 at 3:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures fell 1.9 per cent on Thursday, pressured by the expanding harvest in the U.S. Midwest as well as a forecast for a bumper crop in Brazil, traders said. Soybean futures edged higher, overcoming bearish supply trends on strong export demand […]

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on short-covering

Oct. 5, 2016 at 5:56 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Burdensome supplies slam lean hog futures

Oct. 5, 2016 at 5:46 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle post biggest daily percentage gain in a year

Oct. 4, 2016 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybean rally snuffed out as harvest advances

Oct. 4, 2016 at 3:05 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Corn jumps in trading against wheat

Oct. 3, 2016 at 6:19 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped to a 10-1/2 week high on Monday, lifted by trades that simultaneously bought the grain and sold wheat, after last week’s report on supplies by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Chicago wheat slipped, while soybeans rose to their highest since Sept. 23 on short-covering […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying rallies CME lean hogs

Oct. 3, 2016 at 6:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts ended sharply higher on Monday, fueled by bargain buying following futures’ plunge by their three-cent/lb. price limit on Friday, said traders. October, which will expire on Oct. 14, closed down 0.1 cent/lb. at 48.925 cents (all figures US$). Most-actively […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle tumble to multi-year lows on supply woes

Sep. 30, 2016 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog and cattle futures plummeted to the lowest levels in years on Friday, extending recent declines amid abundant animal and meat supplies and as investors squared up their books on the final day of the quarter, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs fell roughly […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn jumps on positioning, new signals of feed demand

Sep. 30, 2016 at 5:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped Friday on quarter-end positioning and government crop data that signalled livestock producers had not cut back on feeding the grain in favour of wheat, as some traders had expected. Prices rose after the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a quarterly crop report, […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs higher on short-covering after seven-year lows

Sep. 29, 2016 at 4:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures edged higher on Thursday, rebounding from an earlier seven-year low as investors squared positions ahead of a government supply report due on Friday, traders and analysts said. Traders also were cleaning up their books ahead of the last day of the third […]

By Michael Hirtzer