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Temp: 75oF Feels Like: 74oF
Humid: 36% Dew Pt: 46oF
Barom: 29.63 Wind Dir: SSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 9 mph
Sunrise: 7:27 Sunset: 7:06
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High: 75°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 447'2 459'0 439'0 439'0 -9'4 437'4s 02:31P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 464'0 476'0 453'0 453'2 -6'6 453'6s 04:56P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 474'0 487'4 465'0 465'2 -5'4 465'4s 04:57P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 474'0 488'0 467'4 467'6 -3'6 468'2s 04:51P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 485'0 498'4 481'0 481'4 -2'6 481'6s 04:55P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 494'4 505'4 491'2 491'4 -2'2 491'6s 03:48P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 499'0 509'0 496'4 497'2 -1'4 497'2s 03:11P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 500'6 510'4 498'6 499'4 -1'4 499'2s 03:49P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 478'0 483'2 475'4 476'0 -1'6 476'0s 03:12P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 1195'4 1214'6 1178'6 1180'2 -4'4 1180'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1219'4 1233'6 1193'0 1196'2 -4'4 1196'2s 04:55P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1226'4 1245'6 1206'0 1209'0 -4'0 1209'0s 04:55P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1204'4 1229'0 1193'4 1196'0 -1'4 1195'6s 02:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1159'2 1183'4 1152'4 1155'4 0'2 1155'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1150'0 1172'4 1144'2 1147'6 1'4 1148'2s 04:55P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1160'2 1180'4 1154'0 1157'0 2'2 1157'4s 03:01P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1151'0 1175'4 1150'6 1154'0 3'0 1154'2s 03:02P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1157'0 1176'2 1153'0 1156'0 3'2 1156'0s 03:48P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 3117 3164 3099 3100 - 43 3088s 01:30P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3150 3213 3126 3143 - 37 3135s 04:57P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3147 3230 3147 3167 - 33 3163s 04:45P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3131 3200 3102 3152 - 25 3147s 04:45P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3105 3174 3105 3128 - 23 3123s 04:45P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3117 3151 3064 3105 - 23 3099s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3120 3178 3099 3137 - 12 3132s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3106 3174 3106 3140 - 5 3134s 04:45P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3085 3159 3085 3130 4 3125s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 95.350 95.500 94.100 94.825 -0.800 94.825s 03:33P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 100.675 100.700 99.200 100.425 - 0.475 100.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 109.875 110.400 108.350 109.800 - 0.675 109.900s 03:29P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 112.400 112.625 110.650 111.925 - 0.725 111.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 111.050 111.625 109.800 110.925 - 0.725 110.900s 02:30P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 94.175 94.200 92.925 93.350 -0.825 93.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 85.000 85.000 84.225 84.325 -0.725 84.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.800 86.950 86.425 86.500 -0.650 86.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 228.075 230.925 227.325 230.125 - 4.425 230.150s 03:29P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 224.850 227.925 224.225 227.325 - 4.050 227.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 223.600 226.250 222.275 225.575 - 3.675 225.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 223.725 225.225 221.700 224.375 - 3.750 224.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 223.600 225.775 222.225 224.875 - 3.675 224.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 222.825 226.000 222.475 225.225 - 3.700 224.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 221.800 225.300 221.800 224.550 - 3.525 223.925s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 214.900 217.900 214.900 216.950 - 3.375 216.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 347.075 352.325 346.375 350.775 - 4.975 350.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 343.025 347.625 342.375 346.750 - 5.075 346.550s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 339.700 343.625 338.825 342.950 - 5.200 342.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 340.000 343.675 338.975 342.725 - 5.475 342.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 338.075 342.000 337.250 341.200 - 5.475 341.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 336.050 340.000 335.200 339.075 - 5.525 338.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 333.375 336.850 332.550 336.000 - 5.675 336.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 326.275 330.150 326.000 329.500 - 5.625 329.500s 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 47177.00 47923.00 46333.00 47730.00 252.00 47769.00s 04:56P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 47274.00 48200.00 46629.00 48010.00 255.00 48072.00s 04:45P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 6685.50 6818.50 6584.50 6793.75 57.25 6801.00s 04:56P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6742.50 6869.75 6631.50 6844.25 58.00 6852.00s 04:55P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 24435.25 25058.00 24000.00 24958.00 320.75 24991.00s 04:57P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 24764.75 25271.25 24212.25 25182.75 326.25 25209.50s 04:47P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 68.65 69.24 65.87 66.01 -0.46 65.75s 01:30P Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
May 26 69.59 69.91 65.73 66.07 -0.48 66.10s 04:57P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 69.06 69.50 65.41 65.72 -0.52 65.71s 04:45P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 635'0 635'0 609'6 609'6 -13'2 598'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 625'0 641'6 601'2 602'4 -13'4 603'2s 04:45P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 631'6 649'6 611'2 612'4 -12'2 613'0s 04:46P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 643'4 660'2 623'2 624'6 -11'2 625'2s 04:45P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 656'0 674'4 639'4 641'0 -10'6 641'2s 04:50P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 667'6 684'6 652'2 653'2 -10'2 653'4s 04:45P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 678'0 686'4 657'0 657'6 -10'0 657'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 655'6 667'0 642'0 645'2 -9'2 644'0s 04:45P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 655'0 668'2 645'6 646'0 -8'2 646'2s 04:45P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 67085.0 69750.0 65685.0 69175.0 910.0 69205.0s 04:57P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 67255.0 69870.0 65905.0 69430.0 930.0 69470.0s 04:57P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 67280.0 69875.0 66480.0 69845.0 920.0 69775.0s 04:00P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 5155.0 5160.6 5077.7 5095.9 - 54.6 5091.5s 04:00P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5186.7 5210.4 5021.2 5148.7 - 55.0 5103.7s 04:55P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 5227.5 5227.5 5041.7 5163.5 - 55.1 5122.7s 04:45P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 82.495 86.510 79.500 86.510 0.216 84.032s 04:00P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 84.100 86.960 79.415 86.870 0.216 84.230s 04:00P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 84.620 87.405 79.640 87.345 0.212 84.523s 04:57P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 98.00 119.48 81.19 85.08 3.87 94.77s 04:57P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 91.91 113.41 79.00 82.68 3.96 91.48s 04:54P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 85.00 104.34 75.60 79.15 4.48 86.67s 04:55P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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