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Notable Tuesday Option Activity: BAC, WBD, PANW

Warner Bros Discovery Inc (Symbol: WBD) options are showing a volume of 125,911 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 12.6 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 58% o…

Notable Tuesday Option Activity: AEHR, HCA, MS

HCA Healthcare Inc (Symbol: HCA) options are showing a volume of 8,012 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 801,200 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 51.1% of HCA's aver…

Stocks Rally on Fed-Friendly CPI Report

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.30%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.60%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.97%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.28%, an…

Corn Slipping Lower on Tuesday Morning, as Crop Ratings Improve

Corn price action is down 5 to 6 cents so far on Tuesday morning trade. Futures slipped into the Monday close as contracts were mostly 1 ½ to 2 ¾ cents higher. July was down ¼ cent. Preliminary open interest was down 7,…

Stocks Supported as Bond Yields Slide on Weak CPI Report

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.38%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.07%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.97%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.30%, an…

Cotton Facing Early Tuesday Weakness

Cotton prices are down 50 to 64 points so far on Tuesday morning. Futures were mixed to start the week, with contracts down 9 to 10 points higher. Crude oil was up $6.54 on the day following increased tensions with the …

Allstate Appoints Christian Lown As CFO

(RTTNews) - The Allstate Corporation (ALL), an insurance company, said on Tuesday that it has appointed Christian (Chris) Lown as Chief Financial Officer with effect from August 3.