Insights and Stories on Closing Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn fall sharply

Jun. 29, 2016 at 6:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Wednesday, extending their decline under pressure from the ongoing harvest of a bountiful crop in the Plains and the Midwest which threatens to add to a glut of supplies that is largely being shunned by overseas buyers. Corn futures also dropped, […]

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise, corn flat, wheat weak

Jun. 28, 2016 at 6:01 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle up on short-covering, hogs mostly higher

Jun. 28, 2016 at 5:48 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy climbs on uncertain weather, strong exports

Jun. 27, 2016 at 5:43 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn drop on Brexit fallout

Jun. 24, 2016 at 7:07 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle tumble, hogs decline on liquidation after Brexit

Jun. 24, 2016 at 6:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. live cattle tumbled more than two per cent on Friday, extending the week’s losses to the largest in about two months, as investors liquidated holdings following Britain’s referendum vote to exit the European Union, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also fell sharply while […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn weakens as weather improves

Jun. 23, 2016 at 7:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures sank 1.4 per cent to a six-week low on Thursday, under pressure from improving weather forecasts across the U.S. Midwest as the crop nears key developmental phases, analysts said. The weather outlook also weighed on soybeans, which eased to a three-week low. Wheat […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle jump in technical rebound as corn extends losses

Jun. 23, 2016 at 6:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle rose sharply on Thursday, extending gains to the third session in a row on technical buying and as falling corn prices reduced feed costs for fattening animals, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle climbed to a 1-1/2 week high as corn slid to […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs tumble most since March

Jun. 22, 2016 at 6:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures plummeted by two per cent or more on Wednesday, notching their largest daily declines since March on technical selling and investment fund liquidation, traders and analysts said. Traders also were taking profits in hogs following their 1-1/2-year highs touched last week and […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn to one-month low as rains spur long liquidation

Jun. 22, 2016 at 6:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell on Wednesday, after plunging nearly 6 percent the previous day, as improving weather in the Midwest continued to stimulate long liquidation by commodity funds, traders said. Soybeans bounced on talk of fresh export demand for U.S. supplies while wheat closed nearly unchanged, […]

By Julie Ingwersen