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…

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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…

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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%, …

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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…

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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'…

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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 …

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Morning Bid: Kicking off H2

The new month, quarter and second half kicked off in a cautious mood, with U.S. Treasury yields jumping overnight as the June jobs report looms, and ‌investors are already looking ahead to the second-quarter earnings se…

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