Lean hog futures posted nearby strength on Friday, with contracts up a dime to $1 at the close. April was back down 72 cents on the week. The Friday afternoon national average base hog negotiated ...

The Nikkei 225 now rests just above the 36,790-point plateau and it may extend its losses on Friday. The global forecast ... while the NASDAQ dropped 345.44 points or 1.96 percent to close at ...

Cotton futures rallied on Friday, with contracts up 68 to 90 points at the close, as May was up 130 points this week. Crude oil futures were back up $0.64/barrel to provide some support ...

Live cattle futures are showing 80 cent to $1.07 gains on Friday’s midday. Cash trade has been quiet so far this week, with a few light sales of $200 in KS on Wednesday. Bids are being reported ...

The corn market is slipping back lower so far on Friday, with losses of 2 to 5 cents. Futures rallied back on Thursday, with contracts closing 4 to 5 cents higher in the front months. Contracts ...

Lean hog futures closed the Friday session with contracts up 70 cents to $1.10. April was up $3.67 on the week to take back most of the recent weakness. USDA’s national average base hog ...

Commitment of Traders data indicated managed money spec funds in soybean futures and options trimming back 19,943 contracts from their net short position as of Tuesday. That took them to a net ...

The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just beneath the 1,160-point plateau and it figures to open under pressure again on Friday ... while the NASDAQ dropped 345.44 points or 1.96 percent ...

Soybean futures are showing mixed trade so far on Friday morning, mostly within a penny of unchanged. Soybeans saw a bounce back on Thursday with contracts closing 5 to 11 cents in the green.

Ares Management is trading up about 2.4% on the day Friday. And on Wednesday, Chief Operating Officer Scott Peyree bought $1.38M worth of LendingTree, buying 32,057 shares at a cost of $42.91 a piece.

Live cattle futures were in rally mode on Friday, with gains of $3 to $4. April was up $7.625 on the week. Preliminary open interest showed rolling out of the April contract, down 6,477 contracts ...

In trading on Friday, cigarettes & tobacco shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.4%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Ispire Technology, off about 4.2% and shares of ...