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Cattle Posting Mixed Action at the End of the Week

Live cattle futures are mixed, with nearbys up a tick to a nickel lower. Cash trade was reported at $350-355 dressed in the North with a few $224 live bids in the South. The Thursday Fed Cattle exchange online auction s…

Stocks Finish Mostly Higher as Crude Prices Fall

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up by +0.17% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down by -0.18%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +0.67%. December E-mini S&P futures (E…

Cotton Bulls Head into the Weekend with Their Tails Tucked

Cotton futures were down 79 to 103 points across the front months on Friday, as December was down 491 points on the week. Crude oil was back down $2.38 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index down $0.040.

Are global stock markets heading for a crash?

At the height of the summer, the mood was optimistic in the world’s financial capitals. Powered by the AI revolution , the US stock market had rallied to a fresh all-time high , as investors bet the multitrillion-dollar…

Cocoa Prices Slump on Abundant Supplies

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN26) today is down -35 (-0.89%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN26) closed down -11 (-0.37%). Today's sell-off added to last Friday's -4.29% sell-off in NY cocoa and -3.63% sell-off in London coco…

Sugar Prices Undercut by Demand Concerns

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV26) on Friday closed down -0.06 (-0.34%) on Friday, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26) closed up +0.20 (+0.04%).

Dollar Erases Early Gains on Weak US Economic News

The dollar index (DXY00) today is down by -0.47%. The dollar today fell from a 1-week high and turned lower on today's US economic news that showed the Q1 core PCE price index revised lower and continuing unemployment c…