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L/H (°F)		 26/57 24/64 11/34 5/26 6/35
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Temp: 54oF Feels Like: 54oF
Humid: 41% Dew Pt: 30oF
Barom: 29.82 Wind Dir: W
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 9 mph
Sunrise: 6:45 Sunset: 5:53
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High: 57°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 430'0 433'6 428'0 433'6 2'6 433'2s 02:30P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 441'0 445'6 440'2 443'6 1'4 443'4s 03:08P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 449'4 453'4 448'4 451'2 1'0 451'2s 03:09P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 451'2 454'6 450'2 452'4 0'4 452'6s 02:39P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 466'2 469'0 465'0 467'0 0'0 467'0s 03:12P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 478'0 480'4 477'0 479'0 0'2 479'0s 03:03P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 485'0 486'6 483'6 485'2 0'2 485'4s 02:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 488'4 490'2 487'2 488'0 -0'2 488'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 471'4 472'0 470'2 470'2 0'4 471'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 1147'6 1156'0 1129'2 1147'2 -0'4 1147'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1164'4 1172'6 1145'6 1163'0 -1'4 1163'4s 02:54P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1176'2 1185'0 1159'0 1175'2 -1'2 1176'2s 02:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1166'6 1173'6 1151'0 1166'2 -0'6 1166'6s 02:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1128'4 1135'4 1117'4 1130'2 0'2 1130'4s 01:26P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1126'0 1132'4 1116'4 1127'6 -0'2 1127'4s 02:53P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1137'0 1142'4 1127'4 1138'2 -0'2 1138'2s 02:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1134'2 1141'2 1129'4 1137'2 -1'0 1137'0s 02:39P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1139'6 1143'6 1133'2 1139'2 -1'2 1139'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 3192 3224 3148 3183 - 7 3176s 02:30P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3220 3255 3180 3213 - 9 3209s 03:12P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3232 3273 3206 3232 - 12 3231s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3232 3259 3195 3219 - 12 3219s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3207 3234 3174 3197 - 13 3198s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3183 3206 3145 3167 - 15 3170s 02:35P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3200 3223 3163 3185 - 19 3187s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3199 3219 3163 3185 - 20 3185s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3188 3206 3152 3171 - 22 3173s 02:35P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 96.200 96.650 95.650 95.650 -0.475 95.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 100.575 101.000 100.250 100.350 - 0.350 100.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 110.175 110.650 109.725 109.875 - 0.250 109.925s 02:30P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 111.800 112.475 111.800 112.025 112.050s 02:32P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 111.000 111.225 110.775 110.925 0.100 110.975s 02:31P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.800 93.000 92.700 92.875 0.125 92.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.425 83.625 83.300 83.525 0.150 83.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.575 85.775 85.450 85.700 0.175 85.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 246.025 246.500 244.500 246.000 246.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE6G Options for @LE6G
Apr 26 240.000 240.025 235.550 236.975 - 3.375 236.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 236.500 236.525 232.025 233.425 - 3.300 233.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 234.500 234.500 230.150 231.625 - 3.025 231.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 233.550 233.650 229.450 231.050 - 2.800 230.975s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 233.875 233.900 229.875 231.475 - 2.725 231.350s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 233.550 233.650 230.150 231.275 - 2.725 231.175s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 232.500 232.500 229.225 230.100 - 2.800 229.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
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Mar 26 366.600 366.625 357.750 361.700 - 4.650 361.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 364.025 364.100 354.825 358.800 - 5.275 358.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 360.550 360.650 351.675 355.325 - 5.350 355.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 360.500 360.500 351.775 355.150 - 5.125 355.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 357.800 357.800 349.900 353.375 - 4.925 353.325s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 355.850 356.350 347.800 350.925 - 4.675 350.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 351.000 351.000 344.625 347.275 - 4.500 347.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 342.550 343.025 337.900 340.950 - 4.025 340.950s 02:42P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
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Mar 26 49483.00 49872.00 49261.00 49519.00 - 15.00 49531.00 03:13P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 49840.00 50191.00 49586.00 49841.00 - 17.00 49851.00 03:13P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
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Mar 26 6965.00 6970.75 6870.75 6918.75 - 41.00 6920.00 03:13P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 7015.25 7023.75 6924.00 6971.50 - 41.75 6972.75 03:13P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
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Mar 26 25388.25 25418.25 24861.75 25068.75 - 313.25 25081.00 03:13P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 25604.50 25630.00 25084.00 25285.25 - 319.25 25301.50 03:13P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
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Mar 26 60.24 61.69 59.73 61.26 1.03 61.29s 01:30P Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
May 26 60.63 61.99 60.11 61.71 1.09 61.76s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 60.61 61.92 60.18 61.63 1.00 61.68s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 565'4 572'0 562'2 571'0 6'0 571'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 569'6 575'6 567'6 574'0 4'6 574'4s 02:58P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 578'0 583'2 575'6 582'2 4'2 582'0s 02:51P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 589'0 594'6 587'2 593'4 4'0 593'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 607'0 611'6 604'6 610'4 4'2 610'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 621'0 625'6 619'6 625'2 4'4 625'4s 01:26P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 630'0 632'6 628'6 632'6 4'2 632'4s 01:26P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 623'0 629'2 623'0 627'4 3'4 628'4s 01:26P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 631'4 631'4 631'4 631'4 2'6 633'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 68465.0 68895.0 66555.0 67300.0 -1920.0 67455.0 03:13P Chart for @BTC6G Options for @BTC6G
Mar 26 68835.0 69195.0 66805.0 67560.0 -1955.0 67770.0 03:13P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 68560.0 68720.0 67460.0 68010.0 -1745.0 68035.0 03:13P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 5177.2 5199.2 5143.9 5199.2 - 8.8 5176.5 03:13P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5175.3 5221.9 5144.8 5214.6 - 11.6 5194.2 03:13P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 5195.8 5241.1 5176.5 5236.0 - 9.9 5213.5 03:13P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 88.925 90.255 84.980 88.890 -2.098 86.998 03:13P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 89.435 90.585 85.380 89.195 -2.112 87.290 03:13P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 89.560 90.990 85.545 89.465 -2.165 87.584 03:13P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 65.65 66.71 63.60 65.60 0.18 65.21 03:13P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 65.55 66.55 63.57 65.49 0.16 65.11 03:13P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 65.34 66.27 63.47 65.25 0.08 64.89 03:13P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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