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Temp: 48oF Feels Like: 43oF
Humid: 34% Dew Pt: 21oF
Barom: 29.51 Wind Dir: W
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 13 mph
Sunrise: 6:48 Sunset: 5:51
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 427'4 429'0 426'0 428'6 0'2 427'6s 02:56P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 440'0 441'0 437'2 439'0 -1'6 438'4s 02:58P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 448'2 449'2 446'0 447'6 -1'2 447'4s 02:55P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 449'4 450'4 447'4 449'2 -1'0 449'0s 02:41P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 463'4 465'0 462'2 464'2 -0'6 463'6s 02:59P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 475'6 476'6 474'4 476'4 0'2 476'2s 02:55P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 482'0 483'4 480'6 483'4 0'6 483'0s 02:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 485'4 487'4 484'4 487'4 1'2 486'6s 02:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 468'0 468'2 467'0 468'0 0'6 468'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 1134'4 1141'4 1128'0 1138'6 5'2 1139'4s 02:46P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1150'0 1157'6 1143'4 1154'4 5'4 1155'2s 02:59P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1163'4 1170'4 1157'4 1167'4 4'6 1168'2s 03:03P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1155'0 1160'2 1149'2 1157'6 4'0 1158'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1121'4 1125'2 1116'4 1122'0 2'4 1123'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1116'0 1123'4 1114'0 1120'2 4'0 1121'2s 03:00P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1125'2 1133'4 1124'4 1131'0 4'2 1131'6s 03:01P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1127'0 1133'4 1125'0 1131'2 4'2 1132'0s 02:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1130'0 1137'0 1128'4 1135'0 4'0 1135'4s 03:00P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 3087 3120 3061 3107 20 3107s 02:43P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3124 3157 3100 3144 19 3144s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3163 3189 3140 3176 12 3176s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3153 3181 3136 3170 13 3170s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3133 3164 3123 3154 13 3156s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3118 3143 3105 3134 14 3137s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3143 3168 3129 3160 13 3162s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3146 3172 3140 3166 10 3168s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3151 3174 3138 3165 7 3167s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 94.300 95.875 94.075 95.800 2.100 95.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 99.500 100.575 99.425 100.400 1.850 100.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 108.875 110.150 108.625 110.100 1.700 110.025s 02:43P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 110.750 111.925 110.600 111.850 1.425 111.775s 02:50P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 109.700 110.725 109.550 110.650 1.300 110.600s 02:51P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 91.900 92.650 91.825 92.500 0.950 92.625s 02:37P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.925 83.325 82.825 83.200 0.575 83.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.250 85.450 85.150 85.375 0.400 85.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 244.975 245.750 244.225 245.000 0.050 245.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE6G Options for @LE6G
Apr 26 239.175 240.050 238.250 239.175 - 0.150 239.100s 02:31P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 235.325 236.100 234.200 235.625 0.100 235.550s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 233.175 233.875 232.000 233.575 0.175 233.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 232.200 233.025 231.025 232.700 0.350 232.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 232.500 233.375 231.350 232.975 0.450 233.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 232.400 233.250 231.250 232.975 0.500 232.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 231.100 232.000 230.650 231.750 0.600 231.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 363.750 366.200 362.550 365.125 0.800 365.100s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 360.675 363.425 359.400 362.175 0.850 362.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 357.250 359.975 355.750 358.525 0.500 358.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 356.750 359.700 355.600 358.325 0.500 358.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 355.025 357.450 353.700 356.075 0.425 356.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 353.125 355.000 351.525 353.625 0.300 353.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 349.925 351.600 348.800 350.050 0.275 350.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 343.550 344.650 342.000 342.425 0.375 342.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 48903.00 49343.00 48801.00 49221.00 372.00 49236.00 03:07P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 49225.00 49656.00 49119.00 49557.00 395.00 49554.00 03:07P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
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Mar 26 6858.25 6912.75 6828.50 6900.75 49.25 6903.75 03:07P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6907.50 6965.25 6881.25 6954.00 50.25 6956.50 03:07P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
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Mar 26 24788.00 25078.75 24694.50 25020.50 257.75 25028.75 03:07P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 25015.25 25297.75 24904.50 25239.00 259.50 25247.25 03:07P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 59.42 60.18 59.15 60.06 0.64 60.03s 01:30P Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
May 26 59.88 60.70 59.65 60.51 0.62 60.50s 02:51P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 60.10 60.84 59.83 60.63 0.58 60.61s 02:51P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 569'0 573'4 564'6 567'0 -2'0 567'4s 02:31P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 574'0 579'0 570'2 572'6 -0'4 573'2s 01:20P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 581'6 587'4 579'4 581'4 0'0 582'2s 02:44P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 593'2 598'6 591'0 593'0 0'2 594'0s 02:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 610'6 615'4 608'0 610'4 0'6 611'4s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 623'2 630'0 622'6 624'6 1'0 626'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 632'4 634'4 629'6 633'4 1'4 633'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 625'4 629'6 625'4 629'0 1'6 630'0s 02:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 634'2 635'0 630'2 633'2 2'6 635'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 64655.0 65060.0 62590.0 64240.0 - 270.0 64545.0 03:07P Chart for @BTC6G Options for @BTC6G
Mar 26 65065.0 65285.0 62855.0 64520.0 - 235.0 64790.0 03:07P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 63970.0 65045.0 63390.0 65045.0 45.0 65035.0 03:07P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 5158.8 5159.0 5112.7 5132.1 - 48.9 5155.8 03:07P Chart for QGC6G Options for QGC6G
Mar 26 5243.4 5250.0 5091.8 5163.4 - 44.1 5157.8 03:07P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5247.5 5269.4 5109.5 5175.4 - 50.2 5176.3 03:07P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 86.290 86.880 86.290 86.880 0.934 87.457 03:07P Chart for QSI6G Options for QSI6G
Mar 26 88.040 88.750 84.605 87.185 0.612 87.506 03:07P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 88.610 89.030 85.540 87.445 0.556 87.807 03:07P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 66.31 67.15 65.55 66.20 -0.11 65.63 03:07P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 66.13 66.97 65.46 66.10 -0.03 65.54 03:07P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 65.81 66.68 65.28 65.89 0.06 65.36 03:07P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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