Insights and Stories on Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat leads grains lower on U.S. rains

Apr. 17, 2017 at 3:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Monday as rains and mild temperatures in key growing areas of the U.S. Midwest and Plains bolstered expectations for harvest, traders said. The most-actively traded Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract sank two per cent and hit a […]

U.S. grains: Soy rebounds as spotlight turns to U.S. planting

Apr. 13, 2017 at 4:03 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans, corn watching weather

Apr. 12, 2017 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit 2-1/2-week highs

Apr. 11, 2017 at 8:33 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn firms on short-covering

Apr. 10, 2017 at 4:45 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up for fourth straight session

Apr. 10, 2017 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle rose for a fourth consecutive session on Monday, fueled by short-covering and futures’ discounts to last week’s cash prices, said traders. Last weekend’s news that China offered to lift its ban on U.S. beef helped spike Chicago Mercantile Exchange over one […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn sags, soy posts longest weekly skid in 30 months

Apr. 7, 2017 at 4:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures drifted to a one-week low on Friday as traders adjusted positions ahead of a monthly U.S. government report that analysts expect to show rising grain inventories and big South American crops. Soybeans closed narrowly mixed but the most-active contract posted a fifth weekly […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend gains as funds buy

Apr. 7, 2017 at 3:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle rose for a third straight day on Friday with support from fund buying and futures’ discounts to late-afternoon cash price expectations, said traders. They said some market participants sold April futures and simultaneously bought deferred months in a trading strategy known […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying rallies CME hogs

Apr. 6, 2017 at 4:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed higher on Thursday after bargain buying lifted futures from four-month lows, said traders. They said buy stops and deferred-month technical buying furthered market advances. April hogs ended up 0.3 cent/lb. to 63.925 cents, and May 1.2 cents higher at 69.55 […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound on Argentina rains

Apr. 5, 2017 at 6:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans rebounded on Wednesday from multi-month lows sparked a day earlier by fears of harvest delays in Argentina, while China’s return to the market after a holiday helped boost prices, analysts said. Corn and wheat followed the strength in soybeans, but rising stockpiles of corn-based […]

By Julie Ingwersen

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