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Wheat Closes Mixed on Wednesday as Winter Wheat Holds Higher

3 days 9 hours ago
The wheat complex was mixed at the Wednesday close. Chicago SRW contracts were steady to 4 cents higher in the front months, with deferreds slightly lower. KC HRW futures was also mixed, with contracts anywhere from 3 cents higher to a penny lower. MPLS spring wheat was fractionally to 4...
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Wheat Closes Mixed on Wednesday as Winter Wheat Holds Higher

3 days 9 hours ago
The wheat complex was mixed at the Wednesday close. Chicago SRW contracts were steady to 4 cents higher in the front months, with deferreds slightly lower. KC HRW futures was also mixed, with contracts anywhere from 3 cents higher to a penny lower. MPLS spring wheat was fractionally to 4...
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Corn Posts Modest Wednesday Weakness

3 days 9 hours ago
Corn futures held onto Wednesday’s weakness into the close though the $4.80 area held on December, with contracts just fractionally to 2 ¼ cents lower. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 1 ¼ cents at $4.41. The delayed Tuesday Crop Progress report showed 33% of the US...
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Cotton Slips to Close Mixed on Wednesday

3 days 9 hours ago
Cotton futures closed the midweek session, with contracts up 15 to 21 points in the front months and down 2 to 35 in the deferreds. Crude oil was up $1.03 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.326 higher. The weekly Crop Progress report showed 82% of...
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Corn Posts Modest Wednesday Weakness

3 days 9 hours ago
Corn futures held onto Wednesday’s weakness into the close though the $4.80 area held on December, with contracts just fractionally to 2 ¼ cents lower. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 1 ¼ cents at $4.41. The delayed Tuesday Crop Progress report showed 33% of the US...
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Cotton Slips to Close Mixed on Wednesday

3 days 9 hours ago
Cotton futures closed the midweek session, with contracts up 15 to 21 points in the front months and down 2 to 35 in the deferreds. Crude oil was up $1.03 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.326 higher. The weekly Crop Progress report showed 82% of...
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Nat-Gas Prices Retreat as Warm US Temps Curb Heating Demand

3 days 9 hours ago
November Nymex natural gas (NGX26 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.085 (-2.59%). Nat-gas prices fell from a 3-month nearest-futures high on Wednesday and settled sharply lower after forecasts for above-normal US temperatures sparked long liquidation in nat-gas futures. The Commodity Weather Group said Wednesday that it expects above-average temperatures to...
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Dollar Ticks Up and Gold Slides on US Inflation News

3 days 9 hours ago
The dollar index (DXY00 ) rallied to a 1.5-year high on Wednesday and finished up by +0.37%. The dollar advanced on Wednesday on the stronger-than-expected US Sep CPI report, which bolsters speculation that the Fed will keep interest rates higher for longer. The CPI report boosted the chance of a...
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Stocks Sharply Lower on Inflation Woes and Slumping Chipmakers

3 days 9 hours ago
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed down by -1.11% on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down by -0.09%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -2.02%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) fell -1.16%, and December E-mini...
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Nat-Gas Prices Retreat as Warm US Temps Curb Heating Demand

3 days 9 hours ago
November Nymex natural gas (NGX26 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.085 (-2.59%). Nat-gas prices fell from a 3-month nearest-futures high on Wednesday and settled sharply lower after forecasts for above-normal US temperatures sparked long liquidation in nat-gas futures. The Commodity Weather Group said Wednesday that it expects above-average temperatures to...
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Dollar Ticks Up and Gold Slides on US Inflation News

3 days 9 hours ago
The dollar index (DXY00 ) rallied to a 1.5-year high on Wednesday and finished up by +0.37%. The dollar advanced on Wednesday on the stronger-than-expected US Sep CPI report, which bolsters speculation that the Fed will keep interest rates higher for longer. The CPI report boosted the chance of a...
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Stocks Sharply Lower on Inflation Woes and Slumping Chipmakers

3 days 9 hours ago
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed down by -1.11% on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down by -0.09%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -2.02%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) fell -1.16%, and December E-mini...
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