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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Washington, IA
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Temp: 86oF Feels Like: 91oF
Humid: 59% Dew Pt: 70oF
Barom: 29.99 Wind Dir: WSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 6 mph
Sunrise: 6:05 Sunset: 8:20
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 450'4 452'0 441'0 442'0 -7'0 442'2s 02:37P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 474'0 475'2 464'0 465'2 -7'0 465'4s 02:55P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 489'4 490'6 479'6 481'2 -6'6 481'4s 02:31P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 499'2 499'2 489'0 490'2 -6'4 490'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 502'0 503'4 493'6 495'0 -5'6 495'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 487'2 488'0 482'2 482'6 -3'0 483'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 493'0 493'6 488'2 489'4 -2'2 490'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 503'2 503'4 499'6 501'6 -2'2 501'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 509'4 510'2 509'4 509'6 -2'2 507'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1172'0 1173'0 1149'2 1155'0 -13'6 1155'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1174'4 1177'0 1152'2 1158'2 -15'0 1158'6s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1193'2 1195'2 1170'0 1177'2 -14'4 1177'6s 03:03P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1208'4 1209'6 1185'2 1192'4 -13'6 1193'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1214'2 1214'2 1192'2 1198'6 -12'2 1199'4s 02:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1219'6 1220'0 1200'0 1206'0 -10'6 1207'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1223'6 1224'4 1205'6 1212'2 -9'0 1212'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1208'2 1208'2 1191'4 1198'6 -6'6 1198'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1169'6 1169'6 1158'4 1167'0 -3'4 1166'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3130 3130 3099 3101 - 28 3106s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3156 3164 3114 3126 - 27 3127s 02:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3168 3178 3121 3139 - 30 3138s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3216 3227 3164 3186 - 32 3184s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3241 3247 3191 3212 - 29 3212s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3264 3268 3219 3245 - 22 3244s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3291 3296 3248 3273 - 19 3272s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3314 3322 3279 3303 - 17 3302s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3301 3301 3270 3293 - 15 3292s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 97.600 98.050 97.375 97.975 0.325 97.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 83.475 84.575 83.050 84.350 0.675 84.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 75.175 75.950 74.575 75.600 0.425 75.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 78.725 79.550 78.250 79.125 0.550 79.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 83.675 84.400 83.175 84.025 0.550 84.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 87.200 87.625 86.825 87.625 0.400 87.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 95.625 96.375 95.125 96.000 0.600 96.175s 02:30P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 96.325 97.075 95.875 96.725 0.625 96.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 95.450 96.100 95.375 96.100 0.600 96.050s 02:30P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 80.800 81.100 80.800 81.100 0.550 81.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.525 0.550 74.200s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 230.875 232.450 230.125 231.850 0.850 231.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 226.150 228.350 225.500 227.850 1.175 227.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 225.550 227.600 224.975 227.300 1.050 227.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 225.500 227.500 225.100 227.400 0.900 227.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 225.750 227.475 225.125 227.375 0.950 227.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 217.650 219.675 217.050 219.575 1.175 219.600s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 212.400 214.875 212.000 214.850 1.400 214.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 210.600 213.250 210.600 213.250 1.600 213.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 211.750 213.475 210.875 213.475 1.725 213.350s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 213.000 1.200 213.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 347.350 352.000 345.300 351.000 3.375 351.200s 02:30P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 342.000 347.175 339.900 345.950 3.600 346.150s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 332.850 338.000 331.500 337.000 3.450 337.150s 02:30P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 327.000 330.225 324.825 329.525 2.625 329.675s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 318.950 321.400 316.825 320.850 1.450 320.975s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 315.000 316.425 312.700 316.075 0.750 316.250s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 314.000 315.475 312.250 315.075 0.350 315.375s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 313.000 313.500 311.000 312.775 - 0.275 313.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 313.125 313.125 310.425 312.650 - 0.275 312.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 53381.00 54423.00 53267.00 54348.00 1014.00 54268.00 03:06P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53824.00 54836.00 53697.00 54702.00 944.00 54687.00 03:06P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7631.00 7786.00 7629.00 7779.00 150.75 7765.50 03:06P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7702.50 7854.50 7697.25 7850.00 154.25 7834.75 03:06P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 28930.00 29956.50 28831.75 29933.25 1041.50 29863.50 03:06P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29236.25 30255.75 29127.75 30239.00 1057.00 30164.25 03:06P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 68.79 68.79 67.91 68.07 -0.51 68.18s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 68.81 69.48 67.70 68.06 -0.59 68.20s 02:48P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 68.42 69.02 67.34 67.70 -0.59 67.82s 02:32P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 68.19 68.68 67.00 67.44 -0.62 67.52s 02:32P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.03 68.44 66.89 67.29 -0.56 67.41s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.71 68.14 66.68 67.14 -0.45 67.26s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.30 67.82 66.53 67.01 -0.34 67.13s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 67.04 67.41 66.18 66.75 -0.25 66.85s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 652'0 659'4 635'4 638'0 -12'4 638'4s 02:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 670'4 677'2 654'4 657'0 -12'0 657'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 687'2 692'4 671'0 672'6 -11'6 673'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 692'4 698'4 678'6 680'0 -12'0 680'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 691'4 695'4 676'0 676'4 -13'6 677'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 695'6 700'2 681'6 682'0 -14'0 682'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 705'2 711'2 693'0 693'2 -13'4 694'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 704'4 704'4 700'6 700'6 -12'4 701'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 712'0 712'0 712'0 712'0 -12'4 699'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 63955.0 64635.0 63550.0 64420.0 335.0 64485.0 03:06P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 63910.0 64885.0 63865.0 64615.0 290.0 64735.0 03:06P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 64325.0 65165.0 64185.0 64325.0 405.0 65035.0 03:06P Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4050.5 4088.7 4048.8 4088.1 54.4 4095.4 03:06P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4065.7 4118.0 4054.0 4090.8 44.5 4107.5 03:06P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4079.9 4132.6 4068.7 4104.9 44.6 4121.9 03:06P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 58.100 58.870 58.100 58.825 2.389 60.056 03:06P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 58.380 60.285 58.185 59.830 1.974 60.245 03:06P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 59.155 60.365 59.050 60.035 1.979 60.456 03:06P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 80.10 82.33 75.16 75.65 -4.69 75.77 03:06P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 77.83 79.91 73.81 74.23 -3.67 74.40 03:06P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 75.55 77.56 72.49 72.97 -2.71 73.15 03:06P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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