Entries for December 2020
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31 Dec 2020
DTN Chart Technical Points 12/31 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 12/31/20 SLOW STOCHASTIC PRICES ARE DECIMAL MOVING AVERAGES RSI'S 5 Day 20 Day CONTRACT CLOSE 4-Day 9-Day 18-Day 45-Day 9Day 14Day 30Day %K %D %K %D CBTWT MAR 640.50 628.50 623.03 608.47 604.18 68.95 64.20 59.24 78 67 86 85 CBTWT MAY 639.50 628.06 622.67 609.07 605.68 69.92 64.68 59.40 81 70 88 ...
31 Dec 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- As biofuel producers attempt to force EPA to restore 500 million gallons that a court found were improperly waived from the Renewable Fuel Standard in 2016, a petroleum interest group is arguing those groups have no right to have the gallons remanded. In 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled the E...
31 Dec 2020
Perhaps it was the ancient Egyptians who first put a public price on next year's grain harvest, a radical innovation that gave farmers some certainty and motivation to grow as much grain as possible, fueling a great empire. History tells us it was the medieval Japanese shoguns who first formalized grain trading with interchangeable futures contract...
31 Dec 2020
DTN Midday Grain Comments 12/30 10:56 All Grains Higher at Midday Corn is 1 to 3 cents higher, soybeans are 1 to 3 cents higher, and wheat is 13 to 20 cents higher. By DTN Staff The U.S. stock market is firmer with the Dow up 160. The dollar index is 26 points lower. Interest rate products are mixed. Energies are mixed with crude up $0.05. Livestoc...
31 Dec 2020
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 12/30 12:04 Cattle Contracts Are Unsure of the Day While Hogs Rally Modestly It's been a mixed day for the livestock contracts as cattle are trading mostly lower while the lean hog contracts continue to scale mostly higher. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst General Comments The cattle contracts continue to trade in ...