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Soybeans Post Late Session Gains on Tuesday

Soybeans found late session strength to post 2 to 9 ¾ cent gains, as nearby July was up 14 ½ cents. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 10 1/4 cents at $11.46. Soymeal futures were $2.30 to $3.40 highe…

BTIG Raised PT on Palo Alto (PANW), Here’s Why

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) is among the Best Software Stocks to Buy in 2026. Recently, on July 1, BTIG raised the price target on Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) from $333 to $380, while maintaining a…

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Why is Nextage stock tumbling today?

Nextage Therapeutics, an Israeli biotech company developing technologies to deliver drugs directly to the brain, announced Sunday it cannot publish its second-quarter 2025 earnings report on time because it does not hav…

Thursday 7/2 Insider Buying Report: FIVE, VIRC

On Monday, Five Below's Director, Robert Lynch, made a $93,309 buy of FIVE, purchasing 530 shares at a cost of $176.06 a piece. Lynch was up about 5.5% on the buy at the high point of today's trading session, with FIVE …

Soybeans Heading into the Long Weekend with Mixed Trade

Soybeans are up 1 to 3 cents in the front months on Thursday, with near crop down 1 to 2 cents. There were 30 deliveries against July soybeans overnight. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is up 2 cents at $…

Cattle Falling on Thursday, with Wholesale Beef Weakness

Live cattle futures closed are falling $1.45 to $2 so far on Thursday. There were a few cash sales of $403 dressed in the north this week, with live trade at $255-256. Southern trade has started at $255. Feeder cattle f…

Hogs Rounding Out the Week with Gains

Lean hog futures are in rally mode ahead of the long weekend, as front months are up 35 cents to $1.65. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $95.79 on Thursday morning, down 66 $1.37 from the day prior. The CM…

Notable Thursday Option Activity: GLW, PYPL, GEV

PayPal Holdings Inc (Symbol: PYPL) options are showing a volume of 73,520 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 7.4 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 41% of PYPL'…

Corn Pulling Back to Mixed Midday Trade

Corn futures are mixed on Thursday, with front months steady to 2 1/4 cents higher and deferreds down as much as 1 ½ cents. There were 262 delivery notices against July corn overnight. The CmdtyView national average Cas…

Stock Indexes Turn Mixed as Chipmakers Sink

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) is up +0.10% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.85%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -0.92%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.08%, …

Wheat Showing Early Thursday Gains

Wheat is trading with Thursday morning gains across most contracts of 2 to 4 cents. The wheat complex was higher across the three exchanges on Wednesday. Chicago SRW contracts were 4 to 11 ¼ cents higher on the Wednesda…

Thursday's ETF with Unusual Volume: DEHP

Components of that ETF with the highest volume on Thursday were Infosys, trading up about 4.7% with over 11.4 million shares changing hands so far this session, and Ambev, down about 0.6% on volume of over 11.1 million …