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Condition		 Clear Mostly Cloudy Snow Rain/Snow Mix Rain
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 27/70 22/43 18/38 24/44 31/48
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L/H (°F)		 31/70 11/36 6/30 14/37 23/43
Dew Point
(°F)		 30 22 16 24 34
Humidity
(%)		 37 44 51 70 82
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Temp: 68oF Feels Like: 66oF
Humid: 24% Dew Pt: 30oF
Barom: 29.76 Wind Dir: W
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 17 mph
Sunrise: 6:43 Sunset: 5:55
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High: 70°F
Low: 27°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 43°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 432'6 440'0 432'0 438'2 5'4 438'6s 02:30P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 443'0 450'0 442'0 448'2 5'0 448'4s 03:24P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 450'6 457'0 450'0 455'6 4'6 456'0s 03:21P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 452'4 456'4 451'6 455'2 3'0 455'6s 03:06P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 466'2 470'0 466'0 468'6 2'4 469'4s 03:20P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 478'0 481'2 478'0 480'4 1'6 480'6s 03:03P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 484'2 489'0 484'2 486'6 1'4 487'0s 02:31P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 488'2 490'6 488'2 489'6 1'2 490'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 471'2 472'4 471'2 471'4 1'0 472'2s 02:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 1147'4 1161'0 1146'0 1156'6 9'4 1157'2s 02:30P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1162'6 1175'0 1160'4 1170'0 7'2 1170'6s 03:24P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1174'6 1186'4 1173'0 1182'0 6'4 1182'6s 03:09P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1165'0 1174'6 1163'0 1170'4 4'2 1171'0s 02:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1130'2 1135'6 1126'2 1132'0 1'6 1132'2s 03:09P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1126'0 1131'4 1123'2 1128'2 0'6 1128'2s 02:36P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1138'0 1141'6 1134'2 1138'6 0'4 1138'6s 03:12P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1137'0 1140'6 1133'6 1137'2 0'4 1137'4s 02:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1139'4 1143'4 1138'0 1140'2 0'6 1140'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 3187 3188 3145 3155 - 21 3155s 01:20P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3210 3225 3187 3200 - 4 3205s 03:09P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3230 3243 3213 3224 - 3 3228s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3224 3230 3203 3214 - 1 3218s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3187 3206 3179 3192 - 3 3195s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3168 3177 3149 3161 - 5 3165s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3183 3193 3164 3176 - 8 3179s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3180 3190 3162 3173 - 10 3175s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3173 3177 3152 3161 - 11 3162s 01:27P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 95.725 96.375 95.325 95.625 95.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 100.450 101.000 99.900 100.000 - 0.225 100.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 109.900 110.550 109.200 109.525 - 0.375 109.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 111.925 112.550 111.375 111.650 - 0.375 111.675s 02:50P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 110.900 111.375 110.425 110.550 - 0.400 110.575s 02:51P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.850 93.150 92.700 92.800 -0.025 92.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.475 84.000 83.475 83.900 0.400 84.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.675 86.175 85.650 86.075 0.400 86.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 246.000 246.100 241.025 244.000 - 2.000 244.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE6G Options for @LE6G
Apr 26 236.900 237.050 232.000 232.100 - 4.675 232.225s 02:30P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 233.425 233.625 228.950 229.050 - 4.250 229.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 231.525 231.850 227.450 227.700 - 3.775 227.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 230.875 231.075 226.900 227.125 - 3.750 227.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 231.000 231.425 227.500 227.800 - 3.475 227.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 231.050 231.275 227.550 227.800 - 3.350 227.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 229.900 230.250 226.600 226.775 - 3.200 226.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
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Mar 26 361.100 362.275 354.700 355.225 - 6.225 355.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 358.125 358.825 350.350 350.975 - 7.550 351.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 354.375 355.075 346.150 346.950 - 8.100 347.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 354.575 355.150 346.375 347.000 - 7.975 347.325s 02:30P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 352.725 353.325 344.725 345.350 - 7.850 345.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 350.300 350.800 342.350 342.900 - 7.675 343.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 346.700 347.500 339.675 340.050 - 7.475 340.150s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 339.900 340.150 333.150 333.400 - 7.550 333.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
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Mar 26 49336.00 49396.00 48699.00 48927.00 - 604.00 49000.00 03:26P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 49650.00 49700.00 49019.00 49280.00 - 571.00 49318.00 03:26P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
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Mar 26 6899.00 6915.50 6841.50 6877.75 - 42.25 6889.00 03:26P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6954.50 6968.00 6894.00 6931.00 - 41.75 6941.50 03:26P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
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Mar 26 25024.25 25098.75 24782.00 24950.50 - 130.50 25004.75 03:26P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 25190.00 25317.50 25009.50 25171.00 - 130.50 25222.50 03:26P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
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Mar 26 61.38 61.92 60.99 61.30 61.29s 01:30P Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
May 26 61.71 62.43 61.50 61.77 0.09 61.85s 02:38P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 61.58 62.35 61.43 61.82 0.21 61.89s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
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Mar 26 572'2 595'6 570'6 590'0 19'4 591'2s 01:27P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 574'0 597'0 573'2 591'4 17'0 591'4s 02:38P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 580'6 603'2 580'6 599'2 16'6 598'6s 02:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 592'4 613'6 592'2 610'0 16'4 609'6s 03:24P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 610'0 630'4 609'2 627'2 16'0 626'6s 01:20P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 628'2 644'4 627'2 641'6 15'2 640'6s 01:27P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 632'0 650'0 632'0 647'2 14'2 646'6s 01:27P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 633'0 643'4 633'0 641'0 12'6 641'2s 02:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 635'6 646'4 635'6 646'4 11'4 645'2s 03:25P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 67660.00 68225.00 65735.00 66085.00 -1384.25 66070.75 10:18A Chart for @BTC6G Options for @BTC6G
Mar 26 67700.0 68560.0 65390.0 65995.0 -1775.0 65880.0 03:26P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 68150.0 68810.0 65670.0 66260.0 -1775.0 66140.0 03:26P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 5186.7 5259.6 5176.7 5259.6 83.1 5230.5 03:26P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5201.9 5283.8 5182.9 5281.6 87.4 5247.9 03:26P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 5231.5 5299.6 5204.9 5296.1 82.6 5267.2 03:26P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 88.065 93.880 87.820 93.750 6.752 92.682 03:26P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 88.290 94.425 88.290 94.000 6.710 92.979 03:26P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 89.075 94.760 88.305 94.420 6.836 93.291 03:26P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 65.35 67.83 64.85 67.26 2.05 67.02 03:26P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 65.37 67.65 64.76 67.10 1.99 66.89 03:26P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 64.96 67.27 64.53 66.70 1.81 66.56 03:26P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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