Insights and Stories on Closing Markets

U.S. grains: Soy surges on short-covering on way to huge monthly loss

Jul. 29, 2016 at 3:23 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. soybeans surged as much as 2.8 per cent on Friday, reversing earlier losses in a rally sparked by U.S. data showing improved export demand, traders and analysts said. Corn futures were narrowly higher and wheat mostly lower. All three commodities notched steep monthly losses on […]

U.S. livestock: Slumping cash prices sink CME hogs to four-month low

Jul. 28, 2016 at 3:29 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease as investors eye big U.S. harvests

Jul. 28, 2016 at 3:20 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures biggest one-day loss in seven months

Jul. 27, 2016 at 3:26 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy extends gains on short-covering, weather worries

Jul. 27, 2016 at 3:20 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: U.S. wheat tumbles on ample supplies, Euronext declines

Jul. 26, 2016 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures plunged as much as 3 per cent on Tuesday, their largest daily losses in three weeks, on pressure from ample global grain supplies and following declines in Euronext wheat, traders said. Wheat on the Paris exchange fell sharply for the […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Beef price bounce extends CME live cattle futures gains

Jul. 26, 2016 at 4:24 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained for a third straight session on Tuesday, fueled by technical buying and the day’s wholesale beef price turnaround, said traders. August live cattle closed 0.925 cents per lb higher at 113.875 cents, and above the 40-day moving average of 113.30 cents. October settled 1.500 cents […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures surge by 3-cent/lb price limit

Jul. 25, 2016 at 3:27 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled up by their 3-cents-per-lb daily price limit on Monday, driven by fund buying and Friday’s mildly bullish government monthly cattle report, said traders. August and October live cattle closed at 112.950 cents and 111.075 cents per lb, respectively. Live cattle’s […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend losses on fund selling, favorable weather

Jul. 25, 2016 at 2:34 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. soybean futures fell sharply on Monday, extending the steep declines seen last week on pressure from investment fund selling and favourable extended weather outlooks for the developing crop, traders and analysts said. Wheat and corn futures each were narrowly lower at the Chicago Board of Trade, […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures rally before USDA report

Jul. 22, 2016 at 2:45 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Friday after short-covering and bargain hunting snapped a three-day losing streak, traders said. August live cattle ended 2.425 cents per lb higher at 109.950 cents, and October closed 2.375 cents higher at 108.075 cents. Investors were awaiting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle-On-Feed […]

By Theopolis Waters