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• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 18 June 2008 | viewed 1,422 times

  June 17, 2008 Grains Soybeans closed 1.6-percent higher today, with the July contract settling 24 cents higher at $15.58 a bushel. Midwest flooding fears and…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 10 June 2008 | viewed 1,377 times

  June 9, 2008 Energy Crude oil closed 3-percent lower today, with the July contract settling $4.19 lower at $134.35 a barrel. Profit-taking after surging nearly…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 06 June 2008 | viewed 1,302 times

  June 6, 2008 Grains Corn futures closed the week 8.4-percent higher, with the July contract settling 51 1/2 cents higher at $6.50 3/4 a bushel.…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 03 June 2008 | viewed 1,304 times

  June 3, 2008 Grains Corn closed 1.3-percent lower today, with the July contract settling 7 3/4 cents lower at $6.08 a bushel. Falling energy prices,…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 02 June 2008 | viewed 1,087 times

  June 2, 2008 Grains Corn closed 2.8-percent higher today, with the July contract settling 16 1/2 cents higher at $6.15 3/4 a bushel. The move…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 29 May 2008 | viewed 1,360 times

  May 29, 2008 Energy Crude oil fell to a 2-week low today, with the July contract settling $4.41 lower at $126.62 a barrel. Strength in…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 28 May 2008 | viewed 1,196 times

  May 28/08 Energy Crude oil gained 1.6-percent today, with the July contract settling $2.62 higher at $130.93 a barrel. Saber rattling by Nigerian rebels, Morgan…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 24 May 2008 | viewed 1,428 times

  May 23, 2008 Grains Soybeans closed nearly unchanged this week, with the July contract settling 7 cents lower at $13.71 a bushel. News that negotiations…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 20 May 2008 | viewed 1,530 times

  May 20, 2008 Metals Gold climbed to a 4-week high, with the June contract settling $14.40 higher at $920.20 an ounce. Weakness in the U.S.…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 19 May 2008 | viewed 1,289 times

  May 19, 2008 Metals Gold climbed to a three-week high today, with the June contract settling $5.90 higher at $905.80 an ounce. Rising energy prices…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 15 May 2008 | viewed 1,262 times

  May 15, 2008 Grains Corn closed modestly higher, with the July contract settling 2 3/4 cents higher at $5.99 per bushel. Corn futures were trading…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 14 May 2008 | viewed 899 times

  May 14, 2008 Grains Corn fell for the fourth straight day, with the July contract settling 8.25 cents lower at $5.99 a bushel. Improving planting…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 13 May 2008 | viewed 1,784 times

  May 13, 2008 Energy Heating oil lit the fire for energies today, climbing nearly 4-percent to a fresh all-time high, with the June contract settling…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 12 May 2008 | viewed 910 times

  May 12, 2008 Grains Corn fell over 2-percent today, with the July contract settling 14 1/2 cents lower at $6.14 ¾ a bushel. Improving planting…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 08 May 2008 | viewed 1,234 times

  May 7, 2008 Softs Sugar closed modestly lower today, with the July contract settling 9 points lower at 11.73 cents a pound. Strength in the…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 06 May 2008 | viewed 1,534 times

  Grains Corn closed up 2-percent today, with the July contract settling 12.25 cents higher at $6.0625 a bushel. Soggy fields in the U.S. Midwest have…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 02 May 2008 | viewed 1,337 times

  May 2, 2008 Energy Crude oil jumped 3.4-percent higher today, with the June contract settling $3.80 higher at $116.32 per barrel. Rising geo-political tensions in…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 01 May 2008 | viewed 1,194 times

  May 1, 2008 Grains Soybeans slid limit-down early in the session, with the July contract settling 43 cents lower at $12.71 a bushel. Speculation that…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 30 April 2008 | viewed 960 times

  April 30, 2008 Grains Soybeans moved 1.6-percent higher today, with the July contract settling up 20 1/2 cents at $13.14 a bushel. News reports that…

• Commodity Market Summary

  Published 29 April 2008 | viewed 1,059 times

  April 29, 2008 Grains Soybeans fell for the fifth straight session, with July contract settling 4 cents lower at $12.79 1/2 per bushel. Soggy fields…