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Cotton Falling Back into the Long Weekend

Cotton price action is down 70 to 81 points so far on Thursday Crude oil is down 40 cents/bbl to $68.18. The US dollar index is down $0.586 at $100.570. The market will observe the July 4th Independence Day Holiday on F…

Hogs Rounding Out the Week with Gains

Lean hog futures are in rally mode ahead of the long weekend, as front months are up 35 cents to $1.65. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $95.79 on Thursday morning, down 66 $1.37 from the day prior. The CM…

Stocks Climb as Fed Rate Hike Fears Ease on a Weak Jobs Report

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.67%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.85%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.40%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.58%, an…

Notable Thursday Option Activity: GLW, PYPL, GEV

PayPal Holdings Inc (Symbol: PYPL) options are showing a volume of 73,520 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 7.4 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 41% of PYPL'…

Corn Pulling Back to Mixed Midday Trade

Corn futures are mixed on Thursday, with front months steady to 2 1/4 cents higher and deferreds down as much as 1 ½ cents. There were 262 delivery notices against July corn overnight. The CmdtyView national average Cas…

Thursday's ETF with Unusual Volume: DEHP

Components of that ETF with the highest volume on Thursday were Infosys, trading up about 4.7% with over 11.4 million shares changing hands so far this session, and Ambev, down about 0.6% on volume of over 11.1 million …

Soybeans Heading into the Long Weekend with Mixed Trade

Soybeans are up 1 to 3 cents in the front months on Thursday, with near crop down 1 to 2 cents. There were 30 deliveries against July soybeans overnight. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is up 2 cents at $…

Wheat Posting Mixed Midday Trade

The wheat complex is showing mixed trade as we head into a 3-day weekend. Chicago SRW contracts are fractionally to 2 cents in the red on the day. KC HRW futures are trading with midday gains of 1 to 2 cents. There were…

Thursday 7/2 Insider Buying Report: FIVE, VIRC

On Monday, Five Below's Director, Robert Lynch, made a $93,309 buy of FIVE, purchasing 530 shares at a cost of $176.06 a piece. Lynch was up about 5.5% on the buy at the high point of today's trading session, with FIVE …

Stock Indexes Turn Mixed as Chipmakers Sink

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) is up +0.10% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.85%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -0.92%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.08%, …

Cattle Falling on Thursday, with Wholesale Beef Weakness

Live cattle futures closed are falling $1.45 to $2 so far on Thursday. There were a few cash sales of $403 dressed in the north this week, with live trade at $255-256. Southern trade has started at $255. Feeder cattle f…

Wheat Showing Early Thursday Gains

Wheat is trading with Thursday morning gains across most contracts of 2 to 4 cents. The wheat complex was higher across the three exchanges on Wednesday. Chicago SRW contracts were 4 to 11 ¼ cents higher on the Wednesda…

Daily Spotlight: Payrolls Rise 57,000

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Employment Situation for June, showing that the U.S. added 57,000 nonfarm jobs. There was strength in professional and business services; social assistance; and the stal…

CSX marks unique status with DC 250 rail event

CSX underscored its industry primacy in Washington with a U.S. 250th anniversary event that highlighted its claim as the sole Class I operating in the nation's capitol.