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The CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) has announced changes to its margin requirements for a number of commodities. The changes, some increases and some decreases, cover a variety of oil-related contracts,...
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Corn prices have fallen by its limit of $0.30/bushel today, at about $7.52/bushel, and other ag commodities are also trading down. Wheat is off more than $0.25/bushel, to around $7.17. This on the...
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About 94% of the US corn crop is now in the ground, and that fact, along with other news, has put some recent pressure on corn prices and on stock prices for some of the companies and funds that...
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Today’s commodities watch looks at a government-ordered suspension of mining concessions in Peru and the continuing worries over grain prices as US corn planting remains behind schedule and Russia...
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Today’s commodities news leads off with a new report on mergers and acquisitions in the metals sector, including a failed try at selling a copper miner. There’s also a new report on grain...
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Today’s commodities report takes a look at the recovery in silver, another comeback for coffee, and some concerns about agricultural exchange-traded products. The price of silver is up about 4.5%...
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Today’s commodities markets are being driven by a new report from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) essentially reversing its ‘sell’ report of scarcely six weeks ago. Copper prices remain...
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Today’s commodities news starts off with a drawdown on copper from bonded warehouses in Shanghai. There are also new doubts about the US corn crop, and we finish up with a brief take on silver,...
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Today’s commodities news starts with a rise in margin requirements on crude oil contracts, and then looks at weather effects on both crude oil refining and US grain prices. We conclude with a look...
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Vale SA (NYSE: VALE), one of the world’s leading producers of iron ore posted record profit in the first quarter of $6.8 billion. Even discounting a one-time gain on the sale of $1.5 billion in...
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The Food and Agriculture Division of the United Nation reported that food prices remained mostly unchanged in April. That is hardly good news since February and March prices were, for many foods, at...
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Today’s commodity news focuses on the dramatic decline virtually across the board in commodity prices. There’s also news on the Glencore IPO and on a big corn buy from China.Led by a 6% drop in...
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Today’s commodities news starts off with new highs for aluminum, and still falling silver prices, low numbers on corn plantings, and lowering of the outlook for cotton.As prices for some...
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Today’s commodities news reflects on the sharp drop in silver, continuing softness in cotton prices, and another fall in grain prices. The fall in silver prices immediately following the...
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Today’s commodities news starts off with bursting warehouses full of zinc, an unexpected rise in cocoa futures, and an equally unexpected fall in corn and wheat prices.The stockpile of zinc at the...
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