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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Dew Point
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Humidity
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 64oF Feels Like: 65oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 64oF
Barom: 29.99 Wind Dir: NNE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 7 mph
Sunrise: 6:21 Sunset: 7:58
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 AM
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 472'6 478'6 472'2 477'0 4'0 473'0 05:59A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 498'0 503'6 497'2 502'2 4'2 498'0 05:59A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 513'4 519'0 512'6 517'4 3'6 513'6 05:59A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 520'0 525'4 519'4 524'0 3'2 520'6 05:59A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 522'4 527'2 522'2 525'6 2'6 523'0 05:59A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 503'2 505'4 502'4 504'0 1'6 502'2 05:59A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 506'2 509'4 506'2 508'0 1'4 506'4 05:59A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 517'2 520'0 517'2 518'4 1'2 517'2 05:59A Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 521'2 524'2 521'2 524'2 1'4 522'6 05:59A Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 1221'0 1228'2 1219'2 1225'0 2'6 1222'2 05:59A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1236'4 1244'4 1234'4 1241'4 4'2 1237'2 05:59A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1250'4 1259'0 1249'0 1255'6 4'4 1251'2 05:59A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1254'4 1263'2 1253'4 1260'0 4'4 1255'4 05:59A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1258'6 1267'2 1258'0 1264'2 4'6 1259'4 05:59A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1262'0 1270'0 1260'6 1267'2 4'4 1262'6 05:59A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1244'6 1250'0 1242'6 1248'2 3'4 1244'6 05:59A Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1206'0 1207'0 1204'4 1206'4 1'4 1205'0 05:59A Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1192'6 1197'2 1191'4 1196'0 2'2 1193'6 05:59A Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 3189 3221 3189 3209 20 3189 05:59A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3210 3243 3210 3231 21 3210 05:59A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3255 3288 3255 3275 19 3256 05:59A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3275 3305 3275 3293 17 3276 05:59A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3295 3322 3295 3311 14 3297 05:59A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3315 3339 3315 3328 12 3316 05:59A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3339 3360 3339 3351 12 3339 06:00A Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3323 3339 3323 3339 16 3323 06:00A Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3296 3296 3296 3296 3296 06:00A Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 80.950 81.925 80.900 81.500 0.775 81.500s 08/19 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 71.025 71.750 70.900 71.425 0.500 71.425s 08/19 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 74.100 74.525 73.850 74.225 0.250 74.250s 08/19 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 79.475 79.850 79.200 79.675 0.225 79.625s 08/19 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 83.725 83.725 83.700 83.700 0.250 83.925s 08/19 Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 92.225 92.625 92.000 92.575 0.275 92.500s 08/19 Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 93.700 94.150 93.475 94.100 0.375 94.025s 08/19 Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 93.125 93.650 92.975 93.650 0.450 93.575s 08/19 Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 78.750 79.150 78.700 78.975 0.125 79.025s 08/19 Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 71.500 0.200 71.700s 08/19 Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.000 0.200 75.000s 08/19 Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 225.000 226.025 222.975 222.975 - 1.475 223.425s 08/19 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 219.650 221.000 216.875 216.950 - 1.700 217.225s 08/19 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 220.050 221.225 216.775 216.850 - 2.050 217.150s 08/19 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 220.675 221.600 217.400 217.400 - 2.000 217.800s 08/19 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 220.725 221.750 218.025 218.125 - 1.825 218.475s 08/19 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 213.850 214.525 211.275 211.275 - 1.800 211.700s 08/19 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 210.125 210.375 207.275 207.275 - 1.725 207.725s 08/19 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 208.425 208.950 206.525 206.525 - 1.850 206.525s 08/19 Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 209.275 209.275 209.275 209.275 - 2.175 207.050s 08/19 Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 207.000 - 2.175 207.075s 08/19 Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 340.475 341.500 336.325 336.400 - 2.375 336.850s 08/19 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 335.000 335.075 328.525 328.650 - 4.225 329.125s 08/19 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 327.900 328.125 321.500 321.675 - 4.275 322.050s 08/19 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 319.925 320.075 313.600 313.750 - 4.550 314.075s 08/19 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 311.350 311.725 305.050 305.300 - 4.750 305.425s 08/19 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 307.250 307.250 301.075 301.075 - 4.925 301.350s 08/19 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 305.000 305.600 301.050 301.050 - 4.875 301.100s 08/19 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 304.600 304.600 300.000 300.000 - 4.575 300.225s 08/19 Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 303.800 303.800 300.100 300.100 - 4.825 300.200s 08/19 Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 53529.00 53589.00 53405.00 53463.00 - 67.00 53530.00 05:58A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53984.00 53986.00 53818.00 53871.00 - 64.00 53935.00 05:58A Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7733.00 7746.50 7715.50 7728.75 - 0.25 7729.00 05:58A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7803.25 7811.00 7782.00 7794.25 - 0.75 7795.00 05:58A Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29561.50 29689.75 29452.75 29553.00 40.25 29512.75 05:59A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29867.25 29971.00 29767.75 29836.50 32.50 29804.00 05:59A Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 69.95 70.48 69.56 70.33 0.47 69.86 05:59A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 69.95 70.56 69.62 70.41 0.49 69.92 05:59A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.98 70.56 69.67 70.46 0.50 69.96 05:59A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 70.06 70.53 69.69 70.43 0.45 69.98 05:59A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.89 70.40 69.61 70.27 0.38 69.89 05:59A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 69.85 70.22 69.44 70.10 0.36 69.74 05:59A Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 69.34 69.89 69.28 69.80 0.36 69.44 05:58A Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 68.70 68.97 68.56 68.94 0.19 68.75 05:59A Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 680'0 689'0 675'6 686'4 6'2 680'2 05:59A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 697'0 706'4 693'0 704'2 6'6 697'4 05:59A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 714'2 723'4 710'6 721'2 6'4 714'6 05:59A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 721'6 730'4 718'4 728'4 6'0 722'4 05:59A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 720'0 729'2 717'6 727'2 5'6 721'4 05:59A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 724'2 735'0 724'2 733'0 5'0 728'0 05:59A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 738'0 746'0 737'6 740'4 0'6 739'6 05:59A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 750'0 750'0 750'0 750'0 3'0 747'0 05:59A Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 734'6 0'0 745'0 05:59A Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 69195.0 72590.0 69100.0 72075.0 3500.0 68575.0 05:58A Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 70180.0 72830.0 69365.0 72175.0 3345.0 68830.0 05:58A Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 70180.0 73105.0 70180.0 70275.0 1145.0 69130.0 05:58A Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4506.8 4513.0 4486.0 4491.3 1.9 4489.4 05:58A Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4530.5 4530.5 4484.4 4495.8 0.7 4495.1 05:58A Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4547.2 4549.6 4500.7 4511.1 - 0.2 4511.3 05:58A Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 66.850 65.734 Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 67.080 67.465 66.505 66.940 1.115 65.825 05:58A Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 67.250 67.640 66.960 67.150 1.096 66.054 05:58A Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 85.80 88.23 85.60 88.23 2.40 85.83 05:58A Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 84.40 86.84 84.23 86.67 2.28 84.39 05:58A Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 82.93 84.81 82.50 84.65 1.84 82.81 05:58A Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
My Custom Markets
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