Insights and Stories on Closing Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall to 10-week lows on pork price losses

Apr. 1, 2016 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hogs tumbled to the lowest in 10 weeks on Friday as pork price declines triggered selling by technical traders and investment funds, traders and analysts said. Hogs fell more than one per cent at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, led by losses in deferred contracts […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat extend gains after planting forecasts

Apr. 1, 2016 at 4:21 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles four per cent on acreage forecast shock

Mar. 31, 2016 at 3:48 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle limit up on bearish corn data

Mar. 31, 2016 at 3:26 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat drops from two-week high

Mar. 30, 2016 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Fund liquidation takes down CME live cattle

Mar. 30, 2016 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell sharply on Wednesday, rattled by technical selling on the eve of the last trading day for the quarter, traders said. April live cattle ended 2.5 cents/lb. lower at 132.35 cents, and June closed 2.45 cents lower at 123.075 (all […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on dry, chilly weather

Mar. 29, 2016 at 4:49 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat climbed on Tuesday to add to sharp gains a day earlier as the market assessed the risk of yield losses to U.S. crops due to a combination of dry and cold weather. Corn finished stronger and touched a nearly two-month high, with traders digesting news that […]

By Gus Trompiz Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: CME hogs finish higher

Mar. 29, 2016 at 4:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures gained for a second straight day on Tuesday in a quiet session, with help from short-covering and technical buying, traders said. April closed up 0.325 cent/lb., to 70.25 cents (all figures US$). May ended 0.575 cent higher at 78.85 cents […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures jump on fund buying, USDA report

Mar. 28, 2016 at 4:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed higher on Monday, driven by short-covering and fund buying after contracts broke through technical resistance levels, traders said. They said last Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture quarterly hog report stirred additional deferred-month buying. The survey showed modest U.S. herd […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps as Plains dryness sparks short-covering

Mar. 28, 2016 at 3:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped nearly two per cent on Monday on technical buying and short-covering amid concerns about adverse weather in parts of the winter wheat belt that could damage developing crops. Corn firmed slightly as spillover support from rallying wheat offset concerns about abundant global […]

By Karl Plume