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L/H (°F)		 9/29 18/51 21/41 21/43 27/62
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L/H (°F)		 10/21 6/51 11/36 13/37 19/62
Dew Point
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Temp: 27oF Feels Like: 18oF
Humid: 39% Dew Pt: 5oF
Barom: 30.49 Wind Dir: NW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 9 mph
Sunrise: 6:49 Sunset: 5:50
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High: 29°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 427'2 431'4 425'2 427'6 0'0 427'4s 03:02P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 439'0 445'0 437'6 440'6 0'4 440'2s 03:01P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 447'4 453'2 446'2 449'2 0'4 448'6s 02:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 448'4 453'2 447'2 450'0 0'2 450'0s 02:34P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 464'0 467'4 462'0 464'2 0'0 464'4s 02:58P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 476'0 479'2 474'0 476'2 -0'2 476'0s 02:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 482'4 485'2 480'4 482'2 -0'4 482'2s 02:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 485'0 488'4 484'0 485'6 -0'4 485'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 467'2 470'4 466'2 467'4 -0'4 467'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 1134'0 1148'4 1127'4 1134'4 -3'2 1134'2s 02:52P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1149'4 1165'0 1143'0 1150'2 -3'4 1149'6s 02:52P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1162'0 1177'6 1155'2 1164'2 -2'4 1163'4s 02:41P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1154'0 1167'2 1146'6 1155'2 -1'6 1154'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1116'2 1131'0 1112'4 1120'2 0'6 1120'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1111'6 1127'2 1108'4 1117'4 2'2 1117'2s 02:51P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1122'4 1137'0 1119'6 1127'0 2'0 1127'4s 02:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1124'0 1137'2 1121'4 1127'2 0'6 1127'6s 02:32P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1129'0 1141'0 1126'0 1131'2 -0'2 1131'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 3086 3124 3043 3082 - 11 3087s 01:22P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3128 3163 3083 3122 - 13 3125s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3178 3200 3125 3161 - 15 3164s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3165 3190 3123 3156 - 15 3157s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3148 3175 3113 3138 - 14 3143s 02:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3139 3151 3097 3120 - 14 3123s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3160 3176 3123 3146 - 12 3149s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3161 3180 3133 3154 - 10 3158s 01:21P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3158 3180 3136 3155 - 11 3160s 01:21P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 93.500 94.575 93.450 93.750 0.025 93.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 98.500 99.325 98.500 98.700 0.375 98.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 107.700 109.025 107.675 108.400 0.500 108.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 109.825 110.975 109.825 110.400 0.500 110.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 108.900 109.825 108.875 109.375 0.500 109.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 91.100 91.950 91.050 91.675 0.575 91.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.125 82.800 82.125 82.775 0.725 82.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 84.500 85.100 84.425 85.050 0.600 85.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
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Feb 26 247.000 247.000 243.400 244.675 - 1.600 244.975s 01:05P Chart for @LE6G Options for @LE6G
Apr 26 242.000 242.625 238.275 239.200 - 2.750 239.250s 02:30P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 237.425 238.250 234.150 235.450 - 2.075 235.450s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 235.150 235.900 231.925 233.375 - 1.625 233.350s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 233.800 234.675 230.825 232.325 - 1.300 232.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 233.700 234.800 231.250 232.675 - 1.200 232.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 233.525 234.675 231.225 232.450 - 1.250 232.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 233.000 233.500 230.200 231.400 - 1.350 231.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
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Mar 26 367.850 369.350 361.725 364.500 - 3.725 364.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 365.050 366.650 358.675 361.425 - 3.700 361.350s 02:30P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 361.300 363.150 355.375 358.100 - 3.025 357.975s 02:30P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 360.700 363.125 355.375 357.650 - 3.075 357.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 359.525 361.050 353.525 355.500 - 2.975 355.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 356.075 358.400 351.050 352.800 - 2.800 353.150s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 352.825 354.725 348.100 350.250 - 2.675 349.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 342.500 342.500 341.700 341.975 - 3.000 342.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
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Mar 26 49642.00 49765.00 48775.00 48856.00 - 818.00 48849.00 03:02P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 49960.00 50057.00 49090.00 49163.00 - 837.00 49159.00 03:02P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
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Mar 26 6918.00 6930.25 6832.75 6854.75 - 68.50 6851.50 03:02P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6969.00 6983.75 6885.75 6908.00 - 68.25 6903.75 03:02P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
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Mar 26 25033.75 25059.75 24668.00 24775.00 - 292.50 24762.75 03:02P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 25225.00 25272.25 24887.25 24994.75 - 293.00 24979.50 03:02P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
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Mar 26 58.88 60.11 58.60 59.37 0.47 59.39s 01:30P Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
May 26 59.25 60.56 59.00 59.85 0.58 59.88s 02:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 59.39 60.69 59.16 59.99 0.59 60.03s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
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Mar 26 571'4 579'2 567'6 568'6 -4'0 569'4s 01:20P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 578'0 583'4 573'0 574'0 -6'4 573'6s 02:34P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 585'0 591'2 581'4 581'6 -5'2 582'2s 02:37P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 596'0 602'0 592'0 593'4 -4'4 593'6s 02:32P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 612'4 618'2 608'4 610'6 -4'2 610'6s 02:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 626'0 632'0 622'4 625'0 -4'0 625'2s 02:46P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 628'6 637'0 628'6 632'2 -4'0 632'0s 01:21P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 627'2 633'6 625'2 628'2 -3'4 628'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 635'0 638'2 631'4 631'4 -3'4 633'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 67665.0 67760.0 63940.0 64595.0 -3230.0 64510.0 03:02P Chart for @BTC6G Options for @BTC6G
Mar 26 68150.0 68150.0 64200.0 64830.0 -3250.0 64755.0 03:02P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 66315.0 66700.0 64415.0 65070.0 -3310.0 64990.0 03:02P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
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Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 5120.3 5211.6 5120.3 5203.8 145.4 5204.7 03:02P Chart for QGC6G Options for QGC6G
Mar 26 5114.0 5236.7 5103.2 5235.6 172.8 5207.5 03:02P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5128.8 5257.3 5120.4 5255.7 174.8 5225.6 03:02P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 86.495 87.500 86.495 87.500 5.217 86.523 03:02P Chart for QSI6G Options for QSI6G
Mar 26 84.600 88.860 84.560 88.630 6.287 86.573 03:02P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 84.900 89.050 84.900 89.000 6.346 86.889 03:02P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
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Apr 26 65.89 67.28 65.38 66.46 -0.02 66.31 03:02P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 65.72 67.05 65.24 66.28 0.04 66.13 03:02P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 65.40 66.67 64.94 65.97 0.09 65.83 03:02P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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