Insights and Stories on Closing Markets

U.S. livestock: Fallen equities market topples CME live cattle

Feb. 5, 2016 at 5:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed lower on Friday, weighed by cash price caution and heavy U.S. stock market losses, traders said. The day’s firm U.S. dollar and the plunge in equities tied to disappointing jobs data pulled most commodity prices lower, they said. Altin […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle finish mostly weak

Feb. 4, 2016 at 6:36 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on poor export data

Feb. 4, 2016 at 6:29 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen Justin Madden

U.S. grains: Soy, corn ease from six-week highs

Feb. 3, 2016 at 6:44 pm CST

By Justin Madden Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise as weather crimps supply

Feb. 3, 2016 at 6:38 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Fund short-covering lifts grain/soy complex

Feb. 2, 2016 at 4:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures climbed to six-week highs on Tuesday on fund-driven buying as the grain complex shrugged off weakness in global equity markets and crude oil, traders said. But wheat futures settled flat as all three commodities pared gains by the close. At the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Weather market underpins CME live cattle

Feb. 2, 2016 at 4:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose modestly on Tuesday, helped by inclement weather in the western corn belt that delayed delivery of livestock to packing plants, said traders. Blizzard conditions in the central U.S. shut down some Cargill and Tyson Foods beef and pork processing […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat sags on ample global supplies

Feb. 1, 2016 at 5:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures closed lower on Monday amid plentiful global inventories and poor export demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. Corn and soybeans also fell as macroeconomic worries hung over the market and on some forecasts for much-needed rains in Argentina next week. At the Chicago […]

By Julie Ingwersen Justin Madden

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher after rocky session

Feb. 1, 2016 at 5:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained moderately on Monday, following an up-and-down session that was ultimately supported by last week’s cash price strength, traders said. February live cattle closed up 0.375 cent/lb., to 135.675 cents, and April ended 0.425 cent higher at 134.425 (all figures […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn close strong on bargain buying

Jan. 29, 2016 at 5:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended strong on Friday, rallying on month-end buying a day after cancellations of U.S. soybean sales to China sent the market to a three-week low, traders said. Corn and wheat also settled higher. CBOT March soybeans finished up 14-1/2 cents at $8.82-1/4 a […]

By Justin Madden