DTN Early Word Grains 12/26 05:48

DTN Early Word Grains 12/26 05:48 Winter Kill Birds a Chirpin' Due to the holiday the grain and oilseed complex was closed overnight. Markets will open at 8:30 am (CT). By Darin Newsom DTN Senior Analyst 6:00 a.m. CME Globex: Due to the holiday the grain and oilseed complex was closed overnight. Markets will open at 8:30 am (CT). CME Globex Recap: Most markets were closed overnight due to the U.S. Christmas holiday. However, energies were posting a quiet loss early Tuesday morning while metals were higher. The U.S. dollar index was showing a small gain as DJIA futures drifted lower. OUTSIDE MARKETS: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 28.23 points (0.1%) lower at 24,754.06, the Nasdaq composite lost 5.40 points to 6,959.96, and the S&P 500 dipped 1.23 points to 2,683.34 Friday. DJIA futures were 25 points lower early Tuesday morning. Asian markets closed mostly higher with Japan's Nikkei 225 down 46.49 points (0.2%), Hong Kong's Hang Seng closed, and China's Shanghai Composite up 25.66 points (0.8%). European markets were closed for Boxing Day. The euro lost 0.0014 to 1.1861 as the U.S. dollar index gained 0.06 to 93.33. March 30-year T-Bonds were 4/32 lower at 150'28 while February gold added $3.20 to $1,282.00. January bitcoin (CME) was $1,095 higher at $15,230. Crude oil was $0.04 lower at $58.43 while Brent crude slipped $0.09 to $65.16. China's Dalian soybean futures were mostly higher while Malaysian palm oil futures were higher overnight.