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Temp: 84oF Feels Like: 83oF
Humid: 33% Dew Pt: 52oF
Barom: 30.02 Wind Dir: N
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 5 mph
Sunrise: 5:38 Sunset: 8:29
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Rain Spreading Farther Up the Plains Thursday
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 458'4 459'6 452'6 453'2 -4'2 457'4 12:14P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 465'0 466'4 459'6 460'6 -3'4 464'2 12:14P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 482'6 484'2 477'4 478'4 -3'4 482'0 12:14P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 497'4 498'4 492'2 493'0 -3'4 496'4 12:14P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 504'2 505'6 499'6 500'6 -3'2 504'0 12:14P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 509'2 509'2 503'4 504'4 -3'2 507'6 12:14P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 491'0 491'0 486'2 487'2 -2'4 489'6 12:14P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 494'0 495'2 490'0 491'2 -3'0 494'2 12:14P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 502'4 503'6 501'0 502'6 -1'6 504'4 12:11P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1185'4 1191'2 1179'6 1186'2 0'2 1186'0 12:14P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1184'6 1190'4 1179'4 1186'2 1'2 1185'0 12:14P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1170'6 1177'0 1166'0 1174'2 3'0 1171'2 12:14P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1179'6 1186'0 1175'0 1183'0 2'6 1180'2 12:14P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1192'6 1198'6 1187'6 1195'6 2'2 1193'4 12:14P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1192'0 1198'2 1187'6 1194'6 1'6 1193'0 12:14P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1196'4 1201'0 1191'2 1197'2 1'2 1196'0 12:14P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1201'6 1205'4 1196'2 1201'6 0'2 1201'4 12:14P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1189'4 1189'4 1188'2 1188'2 1'6 1186'4 12:14P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3288 3325 3276 3311 25 3286 12:14P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3219 3254 3204 3236 24 3212 12:14P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3179 3212 3169 3197 20 3177 12:14P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3159 3186 3145 3173 19 3154 12:14P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3198 3225 3186 3213 19 3194 12:14P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3215 3237 3201 3224 15 3209 12:14P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3219 3235 3206 3222 7 3215 12:14P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3222 3239 3215 3233 11 3222 12:14P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3249 3262 3240 3249 2 3247 12:14P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 96.250 97.500 96.200 97.275 1.150 96.125 12:14P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 100.300 102.150 100.150 102.000 1.875 100.125 12:14P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 99.350 100.675 98.900 100.600 1.550 99.050 12:14P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 86.075 86.400 85.250 86.400 0.450 85.950 12:14P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 78.850 79.000 77.950 78.875 0.150 78.725 12:14P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 81.675 81.725 80.700 81.650 0.025 81.625 12:14P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 85.650 85.800 84.600 85.450 -0.100 85.550 12:14P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 88.075 88.075 88.075 88.075 -0.600 88.675 12:14P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 248.475 252.275 248.475 251.775 3.550 248.225 12:14P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 239.500 243.875 239.425 242.975 3.825 239.150 12:14P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 230.950 235.100 230.950 234.275 3.325 230.950 12:14P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 230.800 234.450 230.725 233.650 3.100 230.550 12:14P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 231.500 235.000 231.500 234.225 2.950 231.275 12:14P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 231.250 234.425 231.250 233.850 2.775 231.075 12:14P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 225.000 228.225 225.000 227.700 2.600 225.100 12:14P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 224.050 224.850 223.825 224.625 2.225 222.400 12:14P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 350.400 356.225 350.225 355.575 6.125 349.450 12:14P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 348.000 353.350 347.925 352.850 5.825 347.025 12:14P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 344.750 350.000 344.750 349.500 5.600 343.900 12:14P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 341.200 346.350 341.200 346.000 5.350 340.650 12:14P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 335.975 340.025 335.975 339.700 5.175 334.525 12:14P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 333.000 335.800 333.000 335.800 5.200 330.600 12:14P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 331.725 334.100 331.725 333.750 4.825 328.925 12:14P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 331.500 331.600 331.500 331.600 4.650 326.950 12:14P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 50508.00 50896.00 50500.00 50702.00 155.00 50547.00 12:14P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 50834.00 51232.00 50834.00 51020.00 137.00 50883.00 12:14P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7533.00 7570.75 7515.00 7521.25 - 15.75 7537.00 12:14P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7596.50 7631.25 7576.50 7582.50 - 15.00 7597.50 12:14P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
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Jun 26 30050.00 30379.00 29877.50 29914.25 - 159.25 30073.50 12:14P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 30343.00 30656.25 30161.75 30196.75 - 159.75 30356.50 12:14P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 74.50 75.42 73.88 75.33 0.97 74.36 12:14P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 72.92 73.78 72.38 73.65 0.77 72.88 12:14P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.64 72.39 71.09 72.28 0.66 71.62 12:14P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.49 71.17 69.92 71.02 0.53 70.49 12:14P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.79 70.41 69.12 70.24 0.49 69.75 12:14P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.27 69.78 68.58 69.65 0.42 69.23 12:14P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.75 69.20 68.06 69.06 0.30 68.76 12:14P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.27 68.65 67.63 68.47 0.20 68.27 12:14P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 636'4 638'6 621'4 622'2 -13'2 635'4 12:14P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 650'0 651'6 634'6 635'4 -12'6 648'2 12:14P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 670'0 672'4 655'0 655'6 -12'6 668'4 12:14P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 688'2 689'2 672'2 673'0 -12'4 685'4 12:14P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 696'6 696'6 681'4 682'4 -12'0 694'4 12:14P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 699'6 701'0 685'4 686'6 -11'4 698'2 12:14P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 706'0 706'0 694'6 694'6 -11'2 706'0 12:14P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 718'2 718'2 706'4 706'4 -11'6 718'2 12:14P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 727'6 0'0 726'4 12:14P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 75775.0 76000.0 74605.0 74820.0 -1075.0 75895.0 12:14P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 76120.0 76275.0 74860.0 75100.0 -1090.0 76190.0 12:14P Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 75795.0 76565.0 75470.0 75805.0 - 765.0 76570.0 12:14P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4439.7 4447.0 4439.7 4447.0 - 53.4 4500.4 12:14P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4507.4 4528.1 4398.5 4442.1 - 60.2 4502.3 12:14P Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4523.4 4540.9 4416.9 4459.2 - 58.7 4517.9 12:14P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 74.570 74.750 74.320 74.750 -1.555 76.305 12:14P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 77.070 77.230 73.955 74.755 -1.586 76.341 12:14P Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 77.330 77.900 73.720 74.810 -1.796 76.606 12:14P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 93.39 93.69 87.77 89.85 -4.04 93.89 12:14P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 89.93 90.36 85.00 87.03 -3.39 90.42 12:14P Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 86.71 86.89 82.49 84.49 -2.66 87.15 12:14P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
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