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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp: 70oF Feels Like: 71oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 70oF
Barom: 29.93 Wind Dir: N
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 0 mph
Sunrise: 6:20 Sunset: 8:00
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 AM
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 462'6 466'0 461'4 464'4 1'2 463'2 05:45A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 487'2 491'0 486'2 489'4 1'4 488'0 05:46A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 503'0 506'6 502'0 505'2 1'2 504'0 05:46A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 511'0 514'4 510'0 513'2 1'2 512'0 05:46A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 514'2 517'2 513'2 516'0 1'0 515'0 05:46A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 495'4 497'6 495'0 497'2 0'2 497'0 05:46A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 501'2 502'6 500'6 502'6 0'2 502'4 05:46A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 512'2 513'6 512'0 513'4 0'0 513'4 05:46A Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 518'6 518'6 518'4 518'4 -1'0 519'4 05:46A Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 1199'2 1212'0 1198'2 1210'6 10'0 1200'6 05:46A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1215'0 1228'6 1214'0 1227'2 10'4 1216'6 05:46A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1230'0 1243'0 1228'6 1242'0 10'4 1231'4 05:46A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1236'2 1248'6 1235'4 1248'0 9'6 1238'2 05:46A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1242'2 1254'6 1241'4 1253'6 9'2 1244'4 05:46A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1246'4 1258'6 1246'2 1258'0 8'6 1249'2 05:46A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1231'0 1242'6 1230'6 1242'2 8'6 1233'4 05:46A Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1198'2 1207'0 1198'2 1207'0 8'0 1199'0 05:46A Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1188'4 1198'2 1188'0 1198'0 6'6 1191'2 05:46A Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 3140 3151 3128 3147 17 3130 05:46A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3157 3167 3145 3163 17 3146 05:46A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3190 3209 3186 3205 17 3188 05:46A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3205 3230 3205 3225 15 3210 05:46A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3227 3251 3227 3247 12 3235 05:46A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3248 3272 3248 3272 13 3259 05:46A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3286 3295 3284 3295 9 3286 05:47A Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3279 3283 3278 3283 7 3276 05:47A Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3253 3258 05:47A Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 81.625 81.800 80.000 80.725 -1.000 80.725s 08/18 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 72.600 72.675 70.300 70.825 -1.600 70.925s 08/18 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 75.750 75.925 73.400 73.950 -1.775 74.000s 08/18 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 81.025 81.100 78.850 79.350 -1.625 79.400s 08/18 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 84.600 84.600 83.250 83.650 -1.325 83.675s 08/18 Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 93.400 93.675 91.700 92.200 -1.325 92.225s 08/18 Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 94.900 94.975 93.150 93.650 -1.250 93.650s 08/18 Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 94.275 94.275 92.625 93.150 -1.150 93.125s 08/18 Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 79.500 79.500 79.100 79.100 -1.175 78.900s 08/18 Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.600 72.600 71.500 71.500 -1.325 71.500s 08/18 Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 74.800 -1.325 74.800s 08/18 Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 225.400 226.750 224.100 224.975 0.350 224.900s 08/18 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 219.750 221.275 218.000 219.150 0.150 218.925s 08/18 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 219.500 221.075 218.200 219.550 0.800 219.200s 08/18 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 220.000 221.475 219.000 220.050 0.900 219.800s 08/18 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 220.850 221.825 219.550 220.425 0.800 220.300s 08/18 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 213.900 214.725 212.675 213.475 0.775 213.500s 08/18 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 210.000 210.600 208.800 209.450 0.675 209.450s 08/18 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 209.075 209.425 207.750 208.350 0.300 208.375s 08/18 Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 209.700 209.700 209.400 209.400 0.550 209.225s 08/18 Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 207.000 0.550 209.250s 08/18 Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 340.850 342.750 338.625 339.700 - 0.750 339.225s 08/18 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 334.750 336.550 332.275 333.825 0.400 333.350s 08/18 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 327.025 329.325 325.100 326.775 0.975 326.325s 08/18 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 319.825 321.550 317.200 319.075 0.800 318.625s 08/18 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 311.475 313.050 308.775 310.500 0.525 310.175s 08/18 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 308.000 308.950 305.050 306.250 0.500 306.275s 08/18 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 308.500 308.500 304.325 305.925 0.400 305.975s 08/18 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 307.100 307.100 303.950 304.950 0.200 304.800s 08/18 Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 306.000 306.900 303.500 305.025 0.800 305.025s 08/18 Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 53408.00 53467.00 53337.00 53407.00 4.00 53403.00 05:45A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53771.00 53864.00 53751.00 53860.00 49.00 53811.00 05:45A Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7714.00 7722.00 7698.25 7716.00 2.00 7714.00 05:45A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7781.75 7787.25 7765.00 7780.75 0.75 7780.00 05:45A Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29566.50 29640.75 29430.50 29553.50 - 32.50 29586.00 05:46A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29849.00 29919.75 29726.00 29842.75 - 33.75 29876.50 05:46A Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 69.69 70.47 69.07 70.38 0.69 69.69 05:46A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 69.66 70.40 69.07 70.35 0.66 69.69 05:46A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.52 70.32 69.05 70.24 0.61 69.63 05:46A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.40 70.22 69.17 70.21 0.65 69.56 05:46A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.20 70.02 68.95 70.00 0.63 69.37 05:46A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 69.00 69.82 68.78 69.78 0.59 69.19 05:46A Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.67 69.47 68.43 69.37 0.51 68.86 05:45A Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 67.99 68.70 67.99 68.68 0.50 68.18 05:46A Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 661'2 669'6 660'2 664'2 -0'2 664'4 05:46A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 678'4 686'6 677'2 681'0 -0'2 681'2 05:46A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 696'2 704'0 694'6 699'2 0'2 699'0 05:46A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 704'2 711'6 702'4 707'2 0'0 707'2 05:46A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 706'2 711'6 705'4 708'2 0'0 708'2 05:46A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 712'0 718'2 712'0 715'4 0'0 715'4 05:46A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 724'4 729'4 724'4 729'4 2'0 727'4 05:46A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 737'2 0'0 735'4 05:46A Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 734'6 0'0 734'4 05:46A Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 64715.0 64885.0 64185.0 64435.0 - 280.0 64715.0 05:45A Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 65040.0 65040.0 64495.0 64655.0 - 315.0 64970.0 05:45A Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 65055.0 64850.0 63400.0 65270.0 Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4339.8 4368.9 4327.6 4368.9 2.9 4366.0 05:45A Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4343.0 4375.0 4331.9 4373.9 1.7 4372.2 05:45A Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4356.4 4390.8 4345.8 4389.9 2.1 4387.8 05:45A Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 63.205 63.205 63.120 63.120 -0.821 63.941 05:45A Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 63.425 63.520 62.450 63.365 -0.672 64.037 05:45A Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 63.085 63.620 62.905 63.560 -0.698 64.258 05:45A Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 85.42 86.31 85.11 85.89 0.95 84.94 05:45A Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 84.46 85.42 84.23 85.00 0.94 84.06 05:45A Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 83.11 83.97 82.92 83.55 0.83 82.72 05:45A Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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