In the latest trading session, Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd. (MAXN) closed at $3.30, marking a -0.9% move from the previous day. This change lagged the S&P 500's 0.32% gain on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise o
The latest trading session saw Anheuser-Busch Inbev (BUD) ending at $59.29, denoting a -1.3% adjustment from its last day's close. The stock's change was less than the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.32%. Meanwhile, the Dow experien
May ICE NY cocoa (CCK24 ) on Thursday closed up +235 (+2.82%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK24 ) closed up +201 (+2.90%). Cocoa prices on Thursday soared to new all-time highs as global supply concerns persist. Global cocoa grinders are paying up in the cash market to secure...
May arabica coffee (KCK24 ) on Thursday closed up +3.30 (+1.81%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK24 ) closed up +70 (+2.11%). Coffee prices on Thursday climbed to 1-1/2 week highs on forecasts for limited rain in Brazil's coffee-growing regions over the next week. Recent rain in Brazil has been...
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24 ) on Thursday closed up +0.29 (+1.33%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK24 ) closed up +11.20 (+1.78%). Sugar prices posted moderate gains on Thursday, with London sugar climbing to a 1-month high. Concerns about excessive dryness in Brazil have fueled short-covering...
Thursday cotton trading has the board within 30 points of UNCH for midday. May futures have printed a 169 point range so far from -37 to +132 points. Export Sales data from the week that ended 3/14 showed 92,620 RBs of old crop cotton and 40.5k RBs of new crop...
The wheat futures have faded their initial Thursday gains and are trading fractionally to 2 cents weaker across the domestic markets. CBT futures are still 14 ¾ cents in the black for the week. KC futures are up by 13 cents on the weekly chart so far. Spring wheat futures...
The nearby live cattle futures are currently up by 90 cents in April, but mixed within 20c of UNCH across the other nearby contracts. Reports had some $188 trades in the South and $190 bids in the North on Thursday. USDA had some light cash trade on Wednesday mostly near...
Lean hog futures are working $0.65 to $1.75 weaker so far. That has April down by $2.27 for the week. USDA’s National Average Base Hog price was 12c weaker to $80.85 on Thursday morning. The CME Lean Hog Index was $82.82 on 3/18, 28 cents stronger. The weekly Export Sales...
The corn market is currently trading fractionally higher in the black and is fractionally weaker in the old crop contracts after initially trading higher in the session. USDA’s weekly Export Sales report had 1.19 MMT of corn was booked during the week that ended 3/14. That was at the high...
The front month soybean futures are trading mixed within 2 cents of UNCH at midday. Soymeal futures are also mixed within 30 cents of UNCH so far. Soy Oil futures are working 30 points in the red so far. USDA’s weekly Export Sales data had 494k MT of soybeans booked...
The top unusually active option in Wednesday trading was a Nio call with a Vol/OI ratio of 69.17. While its $8 strike is tempting, a Canadian call and a luxury put in the top 25 hold more interest. Here’s why.
Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Thursday, shares of Utilities companies are underperforming other sectors, up 0.3%. Within the sector, Constellation Energy Corp (Symbol: CEG) and Eversource Energy (Symbol: ES) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss of 1.4
The best performing sector as of midday Thursday is the Technology & Communications sector, up 1.4%. Within that group, Micron Technology Inc. (Symbol: MU) and Super Micro Computer Inc (Symbol: SMCI) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 16.4% and 8.2%, res
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24 ) this morning is up +0.35 (+1.61%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK24 ) is up +12.00 (+1.91%). Sugar prices this morning are moderately higher, with London sugar posting a 1-month high. Concerns about excessive dryness in Brazil have fueled short-covering in...
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Home Depot Inc (Symbol: HD), where a total volume of 30,670 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 3
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Blackrock Inc (Symbol: BLK), where a total of 4,787 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 478,700 underlying shares. That amounts to about 79.5% of BLK
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in ServiceNow Inc (Symbol: NOW), where a total volume of 6,856 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 6