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Spring Wheat Planting Slowed by Cold Soil and Wet Fields
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Temp: 43oF Feels Like: 38oF
Humid: 57% Dew Pt: 28oF
Barom: 29.94 Wind Dir: NNW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 9 mph
Sunrise: 5:57 Sunset: 8:09
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 463'0 463'0 456'4 456'4 -9'0 465'4 05:30A Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 478'2 479'4 470'0 470'4 -9'4 480'0 05:31A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 483'4 484'6 475'4 476'0 -9'4 485'4 05:30A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 498'4 499'4 490'0 490'4 -10'0 500'4 05:31A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 511'0 512'2 503'2 503'6 -9'6 513'4 05:30A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 519'0 519'6 510'6 511'2 -9'6 521'0 05:30A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 523'0 524'0 514'6 515'0 -10'0 525'0 05:30A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 502'6 503'2 496'2 496'2 -7'6 504'0 05:30A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 505'6 506'4 499'4 500'0 -7'2 507'2 05:30A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1196'2 1196'2 1188'0 1188'0 -7'6 1195'6 05:30A Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1211'4 1214'6 1203'4 1203'6 -7'6 1211'4 05:31A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1203'4 1207'6 1196'6 1197'6 -7'2 1205'0 05:30A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1182'6 1185'6 1175'2 1175'6 -8'4 1184'2 05:30A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1188'4 1190'6 1179'6 1180'0 -9'4 1189'4 05:31A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1198'2 1202'2 1191'6 1192'2 -9'2 1201'4 05:30A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1195'2 1198'2 1188'0 1188'0 -9'2 1197'2 05:30A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1195'2 1198'4 1189'6 1191'4 -7'4 1199'0 05:30A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1200'6 1205'2 1195'2 1195'2 -9'4 1204'6 05:30A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3239 3252 3239 3252 26 3226 05:30A Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3205 3234 3203 3219 15 3204 05:30A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3157 3184 3156 3172 17 3155 05:30A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3133 3150 3124 3141 17 3124 05:30A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3103 3127 3103 3119 16 3103 05:30A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3141 3165 3139 3156 15 3141 05:30A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3148 3171 3146 3162 15 3147 05:30A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3132 3158 3132 3158 26 3132 05:30A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3125 3153 3125 3151 26 3125 05:30A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 91.650 92.950 91.575 92.925 1.175 92.800s 05/05 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 99.925 101.450 99.475 101.400 1.675 101.425s 05/05 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 102.000 103.575 101.675 103.475 1.700 103.525s 05/05 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 102.400 104.275 102.300 104.200 1.800 104.200s 05/05 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 88.525 90.275 88.375 90.175 1.750 90.200s 05/05 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 81.325 83.125 81.150 82.850 1.750 83.025s 05/05 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 84.675 86.150 84.400 85.850 1.575 86.050s 05/05 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 88.500 90.000 88.375 89.725 1.425 89.925s 05/05 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 253.000 254.075 251.875 252.925 1.475 253.225s 05/05 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 247.125 248.975 246.650 248.175 2.175 248.350s 05/05 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 241.550 243.875 241.325 243.100 2.775 243.225s 05/05 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 240.600 243.300 240.600 242.675 2.925 242.800s 05/05 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 241.275 243.275 240.750 242.750 2.900 242.900s 05/05 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 240.625 242.625 240.150 242.250 2.850 242.300s 05/05 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 233.425 236.050 233.425 235.800 2.750 235.800s 05/05 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 230.875 232.850 230.850 232.625 2.575 232.625s 05/05 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 367.775 372.500 367.775 371.625 5.225 371.825s 05/05 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 367.750 373.275 367.750 372.225 5.700 372.300s 05/05 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 366.675 371.500 366.200 370.225 5.575 370.375s 05/05 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 363.550 369.100 363.550 368.025 5.450 368.025s 05/05 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 361.625 366.250 361.100 364.925 5.350 365.150s 05/05 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 355.825 360.050 355.200 359.275 5.350 359.350s 05/05 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 352.200 355.000 351.650 354.825 5.675 355.000s 05/05 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 351.325 351.325 351.325 351.325 5.225 352.875s 05/05 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 49396.00 49903.00 49350.00 49898.00 483.00 49415.00 05:30A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 49750.00 50199.00 49750.00 50127.00 410.00 49717.00 05:30A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7300.50 7352.75 7293.50 7352.50 65.25 7287.25 05:30A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7350.00 7409.00 7350.00 7407.00 63.50 7343.50 05:30A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
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Jun 26 28250.00 28558.25 28243.00 28556.00 420.00 28136.00 05:30A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 28500.00 28806.50 28500.00 28806.50 416.50 28390.00 05:30A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 77.85 77.85 77.00 77.00 -1.40 78.40 05:30A Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 76.62 76.79 74.91 74.98 -1.93 76.91 05:30A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 74.98 75.12 73.29 73.37 -1.86 75.23 05:30A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 73.52 73.58 71.84 71.95 -1.80 73.75 05:30A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 72.30 72.38 70.59 70.61 -1.85 72.46 05:30A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 71.44 71.51 69.72 69.75 -1.84 71.59 05:30A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 70.86 70.86 69.16 69.22 -1.75 70.97 05:30A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.91 70.00 68.36 68.42 -1.71 70.13 05:30A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 614'2 614'2 602'2 602'2 -14'2 616'4 05:30A Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 627'2 628'2 611'2 611'2 -16'4 627'6 05:30A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 643'0 643'6 626'4 627'0 -16'2 643'2 05:30A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 664'6 665'4 648'2 648'6 -16'2 665'0 05:30A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 683'2 683'6 667'4 668'0 -16'0 684'0 05:30A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 692'2 692'2 676'6 676'6 -16'2 693'0 05:30A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 689'4 689'4 677'6 677'6 -14'0 691'6 05:30A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 696'0 697'2 686'0 686'0 -13'6 699'6 05:30A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 707'0 707'0 697'4 697'4 -16'6 714'2 05:30A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 81855.0 82615.0 81005.0 82545.0 600.0 81945.0 05:30A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 82120.0 82835.0 81390.0 82835.0 550.0 82285.0 05:30A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 82490.0 82675.0 Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4663.6 4704.8 4663.6 4704.8 149.0 4555.8 05:30A Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4569.3 4723.0 4556.1 4721.9 153.4 4568.5 05:30A Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4579.7 4735.3 4579.2 4726.2 141.3 4584.9 05:30A Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 73.890 77.300 73.775 77.300 4.192 73.108 05:30A Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 72.930 77.640 72.900 77.640 4.314 73.326 05:30A Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 73.300 77.955 73.050 77.955 4.374 73.581 05:30A Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 102.70 102.70 92.10 92.63 - 9.64 102.27 05:30A Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 98.24 98.38 89.18 89.92 -8.15 98.07 05:31A Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 94.12 94.12 85.81 86.59 -7.27 93.86 05:31A Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
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