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Mondelez, Kraft To Pay $16M To Resolve Allegations Of Futures Market Manipulation
Friday, March 6, 2020 - 1:58pm | 419Food giants Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ: MDLZ) and Kraft Food Groups will pay $16 million to settle allegations they created unfair advantages in wheat futures, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Mondelez, Kraft Settlement Mondelez and Kraft were once part of a single corporate...
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Life During Wartime: Ag Futures Start A Fresh Crop Year Under Tariffs
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 11:09am | 468The summer of 2018 saw seismic changes hit the agricultural markets in the form of tariffs and counter-tariffs from the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. While September ushers in a new harvest for growers, it’s far from a clean slate. As the price tag from the trade conflict grows, other forces...
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New ETF Takes Both Sides Of The Commodities Trade
Friday, May 20, 2016 - 2:17pm | 290Long/short is a popular strategy in the hedge fund community and one made accessible to investors of all stripes by the exchange-traded funds industry. Typically, long/short ETFs are equity-based, but investors can now take both sides of the commodities trade with the First Trust Alternative...
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The Transition From El Nino To La Nina Could Send Commodities Up 30%
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 11:54am | 274Analysts at 720 Global believe that they have identified a coming transition that could be very profitable for traders. This transition has nothing to do with the stock market or the business world. It has to do with the weather. 720 Global believes that the possible transition from a historic...
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Wheat Little Changed, Stats Canada Raises Wheat Estimates
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 11:57am | 74March Chicago Wheat is trading at 479 1/2, up 3/4 cents/bushel. March Kansas City Wheat is trading at 477, up 1/2 cents/bushel. Statistics Canada reported that wheat production for 2015 is now 27.6 million tonnes versus 26.06 million tonnes in its previous report. French agricultural officials are...
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Wheat Mixed
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 2:52pm | 67Wheat futures traded choppy on Wednesday and ended the session mixed. Chicago Wheat settled lower and Kansas City Wheat futures were little changed. September Chicago Wheat settled at 489 3/4, down 5 1/4 cents, and December Chicago Wheat settled at 494 1/4, down 5 1/4 cents. September Kansas...
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Wheat Little Higher
Monday, August 10, 2015 - 6:26am | 84Wheat futures are trading steady to a little higher Monday morning. September Chicago Wheat is trading at 512 3/4, up 2 1/4 cents and December Chicago Wheat is trading at 517 3/4, up 2 cents. September Kansas City Wheat is trading at 495 3/4, up 2 3/4 cents and December Kansas City Wheat is trading...
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Corn, Wheat Higher
Friday, August 7, 2015 - 2:49pm | 95Corn and Wheat futures settled higher on Friday after a choppy trading session. Market chatter about weather and positioning ahead of the USDA production and supply/demand report next week kept both buyers and sellers active. Spillover buying from higher soybean prices was supportive. September...
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Wheat, Corn Move Up
Friday, August 7, 2015 - 1:36pm | 46Wheat futures are higher after midsession on Friday. September Chicago Wheat is trading at 512, up 5 cents and September Kansas City Wheat is trading at 494 1/4, up 4 3/4 cents. September corn is trading at 374, up 4 1/4 cents. Market chatter about spillover buying from higher soybean prices is...
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Wheat Little Changed
Friday, August 7, 2015 - 6:40am | 75Wheat futures are trading steady Friday morning. September Chicago Wheat is trading at 507 3/4, up 3/4 of a cent and December Chicago Wheat is trading at 512 1/2, up 1 1/4 cents. September Kansas City Wheat is trading at 488 3/4, down 3/4 of a cent and December Kansas City Wheat is trading at 509,...
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Wheat Higher, Corn Lower
Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 2:29pm | 105Wheat futures traded choppy on Thursday before ending the session a little higher. September Chicago Wheat was trading at 507, up 5 cents and December Chicago Wheat was trading at 511 1/4, up 4 cents. September Kansas City Wheat was trading at 489 3/4, up 1/4 of a cent and December Kansas City...
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USDA Weekly Export Sales
Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 10:23am | 41Earlier today, the USDA reported weekly export sales for the week ending July 30. Net Soybean sales were 576,900 tons, soymeal sales were 59,900 tons and Soybean Oil sales were 10,200 tons. Corn Sales were 274,300 tons, Wheat sales were 840,800 tons and Cotton sales were 109,700 bales.
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Wheat Little Higher
Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 6:47am | 106Wheat futures are trading a little higher Thursday morning. September Chicago Wheat is trading at 505 1/4, up 3 1/4 cents and December Chicago Wheat is trading at 510, up 2 3/4 cents. September Kansas City Wheat is trading at 491 1/4, up 1 1/4 cents and December Kansas City Wheat is trading at...
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Wheat Higher
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - 2:29pm | 48Wheat futures traded choppy on Wednesday before ending the trading day higher. September Chicago Wheat was trading at 502 1/4, up 8 3/4 5 cents and December Chicago Wheat was trading at 507 1/4, up 7 cents. September Kansas City Wheat was trading at 489 3/4, up 4 3/4 cents and December Kansas City...
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Wheat Little Higher
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - 10:46am | 45Wheat futures are trading choppy and a little higher. September Chicago Wheat is trading at 501 3/4, up 8 1/4 cents and December Chicago Wheat is trading at 508, up 7 3/4 cents. September Kansas City Wheat is trading at 491 3/4, up 6 3/4 cents and December Kansas City Wheat is trading at 511 1/2,...