Saturday, 18 July 2026
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Soybeans were up 7 ½ to 11 cents at the Wednesday close. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 8 3/4 cents $11.55 1/2. Soymeal futures were $1.50 to $3.70 higher at the close, with Soy Oil futures 16 to …
The U.S. has levied 25% tariffs on most imports from Brazil effective next week, concluding a yearlong investigation into what Washington calls unfair trade practices, and reigniting tensions with the Latin American nat…
Lean hog futures posted gains of $1.05 to $2.35 across most contracts on Wednesday, with July up 7 cents on expiration. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $100.66 on Wednesday afternoon, up $2.10 from the da…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co on Thursday reported a 77.4% jump in second-quarter profit year on year, shattering estimates as the world's largest contract-chipmaker continues to set consecutive record-breaking …
While most investors were fixated on Jerome Powell & Co. this week, trying to gauge the Federal Reserve’s next moves in light of recent bank failures, something interesting occurred in Moscow.
GXO Logistics (GXO) shares rallied 5.3% in the last trading session to close at $52.29. This move can be attributed to notable volume with a higher number of shares being traded than in a typical session. This compares …
Shares of Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Baidu rose Thursday on their partnership with Apple for deploying their AI tools.
The wheat complex is in rally mode to the lead the grains higher on Wednesday, with export concerns out of the Black Sea. Chicago SRW contracts are 35 to 36 cents in the green at midday. KC HRW futures are up 41 to 43 c…
South Korea's central bank hiked benchmark policy rates on Thursday, raising them for the first time since January 2023 as inflation in the country creeps up. The Bank of Korea's 25 basis point hike that increased rates…
Bank of Nova Scotia reported beneficial ownership of 9,244,742 shares of Intuitive Machines, Inc. common stock, representing 5.6% of the class. The shares are reported with sole voting and sole dispositive power, with n…
In this episode of The Morning Filter podcast, co-hosts Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski discuss what the oil futures chain is telling investors today and the impact an extended conflict could have on the consumer, the …
A firefighter works at the site next to a multi-storey residential building damaged following massive Russian missile and drone strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 2, 2026. (Roman Pilipey / AFP via Getty Images)
Cotton futures closed the Wednesday session with contracts up 24 to 96 points at the final bell. Crude oil was up 90 cents on the day with the US dollar index up $0.356.
QUALYS, INC. CEO & President Sumedh S. Thakar reported open-market sales of 3,200 shares of common stock on July 14, 2026, in eight separate transactions at various prices, including $149.3000 and $163.5650 per share. A…
SpaceX (Nasdaq: SPCX) broke below its $135 initial public offering price for the first time Wednesday, touching an intraday low of $132.15 — a threshold that puts every investor who bought the world's largest IPO at iss…
SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank delivered a quarter-percentage-point interest rate hike Thursday for the first time in 3 1/2 years, as widely expected, to tackle high inflation amid lingering Middl…
Odds that gas prices will go above $4 per gallon by the end of this month have jumped to 90% from 56% on Kalshi in the last two days.
The wheat complex was in rally mode leading to the grains higher on Wednesday, with export concerns out of the Black Sea. Chicago SRW contracts were mostly 26 to 32 1/2 cents in the green at the close. KC HRW futures we…
In trading on Friday, shares of Voyager Technologies Inc Class A (Symbol: VOYG) entered into oversold territory, hitting an RSI reading of 29.98, after changing hands as low as $19.76 per share. By comparison, the curre…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Wednesday closed up +0.38%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +0.29%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -0.28%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU…
Home BancShares (HOMB) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.47 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.38 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.46 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted fo…
Asian semiconductor stocks tumbled Thursday, as a sell-off in U.S. chipmakers spilled into the region, with SK Hynix continuing to see massive volatility since its U.S. listing last week.
In trading on Wednesday, shares of Terrestrial Energy Inc (Symbol: IMSR) entered into oversold territory, hitting an RSI reading of 29.4, after changing hands as low as $4.98 per share. By comparison, the current RSI re…
The wheat complex is in rally mode to the lead the grains higher on Wednesday, with export concerns out of the Black Sea. Chicago SRW contracts are 35 to 36 cents in the green at midday. KC HRW futures are up 41 to 43 c…