March beans are again battling at the $12 mark with double digit weakness through Thursday following the poor export sales data. Soymeal futures are also $620 to $7.80 weaker through midday. Soy oil futures are trading 39 to 51 points lower so far. Weekly Export Sales data had a new...
Thursday’s cotton market is trading triple digits higher in old crop and 3 to 41 points higher in new crop at midday. The Federal Reserve decided to maintain the 5.25% to 5.5% target rate for the Fed Funds rate, as expected, but opened the door a little wider for future...
Midday wheat futures are trading on both sides of UNCH for Thursday. Chicago prices are mostly higher but mixed within 2 ½ cents of UNCH. KC prices are mostly lower within 3c of UNCH. And MPLS spring wheat quotes are up by ½ to 1 ¾ cents. USDA’s weekly Export...
Thursday’s reaction to the semi-annual NASS Cattle Inventory report has the board trading triple digits higher at midday. Fat cattle are up by as much as $2.45 while feeders are working with near $5 gains at midday. USDA confirmed some light cash trade on Wednesday, mostly near $176. The CME...
Hogs are backing off through Thursday with triple digit weakness at midday. USDA’s National Average Base Hog price was up by $3.16 on Wednesday afternoon to $62.56. The 1/26 CME Lean Hog Index was up another 70 cents to $70.60. Weekly FAS data showed 42.9k MT of pork was sold...
BP's Whiting, Indiana, refinery suffered a power outage on Thursday, prompting visible flaring as products were burned off, the City of Whiting said in a statement.
Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Thursday, shares of Financial companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 0.5% loss. Within that group, AFLAC Inc (Symbol: AFL) and MetLife Inc (Symbol: MET) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss of 9.3% and 5
The best performing sector as of midday Thursday is the Materials sector, up 1.6%. Within that group, Corteva Inc (Symbol: CTVA) and FMC Corp. (Symbol: FMC) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 18.4% and 8.2%, respectively. Among the high volume ETFs, one E
U.S. stocks bounced back on Thursday as investors looked ahead to a spate of high-profile earnings the day after the Federal Reserve tossed cold water on lingering bets that the central bank would begin cutting its key interest rate as early as March.
A day after New York Community Bancorp (NYSE: NYCB) outlined the consequences of its rapid expansion in 2023, Wall Street is chiming in with its own word of caution. New York Community shares are down 8% as of 2 p.m. ET Thursday, a day after the stock lost about one-third of its
The first proper U.S. financial market tremors of 2024 have been felt and unsurprisingly, perhaps, commercial real estate is at the heart of the dislocation.
One of the toughest things to do when the market crashes is to "keep calm and carry on," as the British are fond of saying. Of course, it's easy to plan on doing that when things are going well in the...
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