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Corn Rallying Back on Turnaround Tuesday

Corn futures are deviating from the $4.01 losses in crude at midday with deteriorating conditions giving bulls a reason to take back the Monday losses. Contracts are up 7 to 8 cents on Turnaround Tuesday. The CmdtyView …

Stocks Mixed on Earnings Results and Weakness in Chipmakers

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.05%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.738%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -1.12%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.05%,…

Stocks Mixed on Earnings Results and Weakness in Chipmakers

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.05%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.738%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -1.12%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.05%,…

RSI Alert: Innovate (VATE) Now Oversold

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Innovate Corp (Symbol: VATE) entered into oversold territory, hitting an RSI reading of 27.9, after changing hands as low as $7.855 per share. By comparison, the current RSI reading of t…

Stocks Mixed as Weakness in Chipmakers Deepens

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is down -0.22%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.68%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -1.50%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are down -0.2…

Notable Tuesday Option Activity: GLW, CLX, CARR

Clorox Co (Symbol: CLX) options are showing a volume of 17,876 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.8 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 80% of CLX's average da…

Turkey aims to sign energy deal with Iraq soon, Erdogan says

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkish Petroleum has secured a partnership in Iraq's Kirkuk production field, describing a newly signed agreement as "a historic step" in bilateral energy cooperatio…

MU August 12th Options Begin Trading

The call contract at the $810.00 strike price has a current bid of $63.60. If an investor was to purchase shares of MU stock at the current price level of $802.53/share, and then sell-to-open that call contract as a "co…

Soybeans Continuing Slide to Tuesday Morning

Soybeans are trading with 3 to 5 ½ cents losses so far on Tuesday morning. Futures fell 18 ¾ to 40 ½ cents across the board on Monday, with weaker products and an improving forecast playing a role. Open interest dropped…

Hogs Look to Tuesday Trade Following Monday Weakness

Lean hog futures were down $1.22 to $1.77 at the Monday close, with nearby August up 12 cents. Open interest was down 2,296 contracts. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $100.69 on Monday afternoon, up $1.32…

Corn Showing Fractional Gains Early Turnaround Tuesday

Corn price action is just fractionally higher on Tuesday morning trade. Futures were in retreat mode on Monday with contracts down 2 ½ to 13 ½ cents, across the board, led be the front months. Open interest was down 14,…

Cattle Look to Tuesday with Expanded Limits

Tuesday will have expanded limits of $10.75 for live cattle and $13.75 for feeders. Live cattle futures were the $7.25 limit higher in the front to close out the Monday session, with other contracts up $6.35 to $7.17. O…