May WTI crude oil (CLK24 ) on Tuesday closed down -0.33 (-0.40%), and May RBOB gasoline (RBK24 ) closed down -4.31 (-1.58%). Crude and gasoline prices on Tuesday closed moderately lower, with gasoline falling to a 1-week low. A stronger dollar (DXY00 ) Tuesday weighed on energy prices. Also, an...
April Nymex natural gas (NGJ24 ) on Tuesday closed down by -0.040 (-2.38%). April nat-gas prices Tuesday sank to a 3-3/4 year nearest-futures low. Nat-gas prices have been hammered over the past two months. The overly warm winter in the northern hemisphere and the outlook for warm early spring US...
In trading on Tuesday, shares of Lumentum Holdings Inc (Symbol: LITE) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $48.97, changing hands as low as $48.31 per share. Lumentum Holdings Inc shares are currently trading off about 5.2% on the day. The chart below shows the one ye
The directors of a company tend to have a unique inside view into the business, so when directors make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason a director of a company would choose to take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock in the ope
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Tuesday, shares of Williams Cos Inc (Symbol: WMB) were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.9), with the stock changing hands as low as $37.98 on the day. Divid
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Tuesday, shares of Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc (Symbol: ELS) were yielding above the 3% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.91), with the stock changing hands as low as $63.47 on
Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which me
In trading on Tuesday, shares of Phreesia Inc (Symbol: PHR) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $23.67, changing hands as high as $23.72 per share. Phreesia Inc shares are currently trading up about 2.8% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of P
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Viking Therapeutics Inc (Symbol: VKTX), where a total of 90,968 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 9.1 million underlying shares. That amounts to a
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Alkermes plc (Symbol: ALKS), where a total volume of 15,015 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Nike (Symbol: NKE), where a total of 50,853 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 5.1 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 47.1% of NKE's
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in MongoDB Inc (Symbol: MDB), where a total of 10,829 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.1 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 61.9% of
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Caleres Inc (Symbol: CAL), where a total of 2,143 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 214,300 underlying shares. That amounts to about 47.9% of CAL'
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Walt Disney Co. (Symbol: DIS), where a total of 59,586 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 6.0 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 56.4
Tuesday’s cotton futures are trading with triple digit gains so far at midday in the old crop contracts. The new crop futures are mixed, but mostly higher within 10 points of UNCH. Analysts are looking for Thursday’s Planting Intentions report to show between 10.4m and 11.3m acres for 2024/25 cotton....
Midday corn futures are trading at or near their lows for the session with 1 ¾ to 3 ¾ cent losses across the front months. Preliminary open interest rose 7,8893 contracts on Monday as speculators added positions ahead of Thursday’s quarterly reports and localized cash grain movement was also noted....
Front month wheat prices are down by double digits so far. SRW is down by 1.4% to 1.8%. KC HRW prices are currently 1.5% to 1.9% weaker at midday. Front month spring wheat futures are down by 1.3% to 1.7%. French Milling Wheat Futures traded at the highest price since...
Cattle are trading off their session lows, but were down by over $5 earlier in the session. Feeders are also down by triple digits with May down by as much as $4.32. USDA had last week’s cash trade as mostly near $188 in the South and mostly near $190 in...
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24 ) this morning is up +0.47 (+2.14%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK24 ) is up +13.00 (+2.03%). Sugar prices this morning are sharply higher, with NY sugar climbing to a 1-month high and London sugar posting a 6-week high. Sugar prices...