Entries for April 2018
RECENT NEWS
4 Apr 2018
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 04/04 15:33 Strong Gains Develop in Livestock Futures Despite early losses, buyer support was rekindled through the last couple hours of trade Wednesday. This pushed cattle and hog futures to triple-digit gains and is creating increased volatility through the entire livestock complex. By Rick Kment DTN Analyst GENERAL ...
4 Apr 2018
DTN Chart Technical Points 04/04 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 4/04/18 SLOW STOCHASTIC PRICES ARE DECIMAL MOVING AVERAGES RSI'S 5 Day 20 Day CONTRACT CLOSE 4-Day 9-Day 18-Day 45-Day 9Day 14Day 30Day %K %D %K %D CBTWT MAY 455.75 452.63 452.81 463.01 471.08 44.98 44.76 47.44 52 40 12 9 CBTWT JUL 473.00 469.75 469.81 479.93 486.36 45.41 45.20 47.96 53 41 12 10...
4 Apr 2018
FARM MARKET NEWS - CORN REPORT FOR Wed, April 4 Exchange rate was 1.2772 down 0.0007 Chicago corn closed moderately lower. MAY18 HI 3.89 DEC18 HI 4.12 1/2 LOW 3.72 LOW 3.96 CLOSE3.81 Down 7 1/2 CLOSE 4.05 Down 7 1/4 OLD CROP BASIS NEW CROP BASIS Location Spot 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Cntrct U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +JUL18+JUL18+SEP18 CK Low 0.75 ...
4 Apr 2018
FARM MARKET NEWS - SOYBEAN AND WHEAT REPORT FOR Wed, April 4 Exchange rate was 1.2772 down 0.0007 Chicago soybeans closed slightly to moderately lower. MAY18 HI 10.41 3/4 NOV18 HI 10.45 3/4 LOW 9.83 1/2 LOW 9.97 3/4 CLOSE10.15 1/4 Down 22 3/4 CLOSE 10.19 Down 23 1/4 OLD CROP NEW CROP Location Basis 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt BasisU.S. $/bu $/mt ELE...
4 Apr 2018
DTN Closing Grain Comments 04/04 13:34 Whew! When the dust finally settled on Wednesday's session the only market that saw a limit move was June live cattle, and that was up. What had threatened to be a catastrophic day in grains due to heightened trade war fears amounted to only another down day. The DJIA was poised to erase its early 400-point se...