Crude Gains on a Weak Dollar and Positive China Trade News
Barchart4 minutes ago
June WTI crude oil (CLM24 ) this morning is up +0.23 (+0.29%), and June RBOB gasoline (RBM24 ) is up +1.43 (+0.56%). Crude oil and gasoline prices this morning are moderately higher. A weaker dollar (DXY00 ) today is bullish for energy prices. Also, better-than-expected Chinese trade news shows strength...
National Beef Month looking to maintain demand
Brownfield Ag News4 minutes ago
Strong demand and tighter supplies have helped push cattle prices higher. Ellen Rahn, who operates a cow/calf operation in northwestern Illinois, says that could always change. “We don’t always know what’s gonna lie ahead.” She says, “Is the cattle market gonna take a plummet along with, you know, our commodity...
Nashville community finds hope amid deadly destruction after onslaught of tornadoes tear through Tennessee
Fox Weather22 minutes ago
COLUMBIA, Tenn. – The sun now shines in Middle Tennessee, where some of humanity's best is illuminated during a very dark time for one community.A woman is dead, and dozens more are injured after a large tornado ripped through Maury County on the south side of the Nashville metro area."It...
Stocks Rise on Fed Rate Cut Hopes
Barchart27 minutes ago
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) this morning is up +0.32%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.48%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.13%. US stock indexes this morning are moderately higher, with the S&P 500 climbing...
El Nino stubbornly clings to life but hurricane-fueling La Nina pattern still looms
Fox Weather38 minutes ago
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – El Niño is still here … barely.Tropical Pacific Ocean conditions are still clinging to some above-average warmth in critical parts of the eastern and central regions that just meet the minimum threshold of at least 0.5 degrees Celsius (0.9 degrees Fahrenheit) for maintaining an El Niño...
Broiler/Fryer: Daily North Carolina Broiler/Fryers
USDA52 minutes ago
RA_PY002 Raleigh, NC Thursday, May 09, 2024 USDA-NC Dept of Ag Market News N.C. BROILER-FRYERS: The market tone is steady and the live supply is adequate to meet the moderate demand. Average weights are mostly desirable. The estimated slaughter for Thursday in North...
Apple Processing Report - Yakima, WA
USDA59 minutes ago
YAKIMA Shipping Point Prices as of Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Provided by: Specialty Crops Market News, Federal Market News Service, USDA Phone: (602) 557-0410 Email: YakimaSCMNDATA@usda.gov Website: https://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/fv-home YA_FV195 WASHINGTON...
Dollar Falls on Dovish Jump in US Jobless Claims
Barchart1 hour ago
The dollar index (DXY00 ) this morning is down by -0.18%. The dollar gave up an early advance today and turned lower after US weekly jobless claims rose more than expected to an 8-1/2 month high, a dovish factor for Fed policy. The British pound (^GBPUSD ) today fell to...