Insights and Stories on CME

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

Apr. 21, 2016 at 3:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed weak on Thursday after investors sold deferred months and bought April futures based on preliminary cash prices, traders said. April live cattle closed up 0.2 cent/lb. to 126.5 cents. June ended down 0.375 cent/lb. to 116.9 cents, and […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit four-month low

Apr. 20, 2016 at 5:52 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close lower, hogs higher

Apr. 19, 2016 at 3:40 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Fund selling drops CME live cattle limit down

Apr. 18, 2016 at 5:15 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

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

Apr. 15, 2016 at 4:14 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly weak, but off lows

Apr. 14, 2016 at 3:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts posted modest losses on Thursday, pressured by continued fund selling, traders said. They said, sporadic bargain hunting and solid wholesale beef demand freed contracts from session lows. Additionally, investors at times sold the April contract and simultaneously bought June […]

By Theopolis Waters

CME to close New York trading floor in computers’ victory

Apr. 13, 2016 at 7:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group will shut its New York trading floor at year’s end as computerized trading claims another victim from the world’s old-school financial system. Options pits, where trades in commodities like gold, silver and oil take place face-to-face instead of electronically, will close a year after […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Fund selloff extends CME live cattle losses

Apr. 13, 2016 at 6:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday settled in bearish territory for a third consecutive session, hit by more fund liquidation after contracts drifted below technical support levels, traders said. April live cattle ended 1.35 cents/lb. lower at 132.175 cents, and June closed 1.125 cents […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Technical selling sends CME live cattle lower

Apr. 12, 2016 at 6:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures extended Monday’s losses into Tuesday on more profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. April live cattle ended 0.55 cent/lb. lower at 133.525 cents, and beneath the 100-day moving average of 133.68 cents (all figures US$). June closed 0.375 cent lower […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking halts CME live cattle rally

Apr. 11, 2016 at 6:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts settled lower on Monday after profit-taking ended futures’ three-day win streak, traders said. Fund selling surfaced after June and August slipped beneath their respective 10-day moving averages of 123.15 and 119.06 cents, which also tripped sell stops (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters