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CFTC fines cattle futures traders US$5 million

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. futures regulators fined a Memphis trading firm and three associates US$5 million on Wednesday for using a manipulative tactic in CME Group’s cattle futures, a market grappling with extreme volatility. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it penalized McVean Trading + Investments $1.5 million and its chairman, Charles Dow McVean, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn firms on short-covering

By GFM Network News April 10, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed about two per cent on Monday on short-covering ahead of the Midwest planting season and chart-based buying, analysts said. Wheat futures were also higher on short-covering while soybeans closed almost flat, retreating from early advances. Chicago Board of Trade May corn settled up 7-1/2 cents at $3.67 […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn hit two-week lows on long liquidation

By GFM Network News February 24, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to a two-week low on Friday and corn hit a 2-1/2-week low on technical selling including fund long liquidation, analysts said. Soybeans closed modestly higher, bouncing after the spot March contract hit a six-week low. Chicago Board of Trade March wheat settled down 6-3/4 cents at $4.31-1/4 […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy hits two-week low on long liquidation

By GFM Network News January 30, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell more than two per cent on Monday, with the front contract hitting a two-week low on long liquidation and improved crop weather for South America, analysts said. Corn and wheat followed the weaker tone. Chicago Board of Trade March soybean futures settled down 26-1/2 cents at $10.22-3/4 […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit up on technical buying

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News January 10, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures climbed to a nine-month high on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session on chart-based and investment fund buying, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle and lean hog futures also rose at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, with feeders reaching the highest levels since August. Trading limits in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on short-covering

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News October 31, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures climbed more than one per cent on Monday as traders covered short positions following U.S. regulatory data last week showing an unexpectedly large build in bearish wheat bets. Soybean and corn futures both were flat to narrowly mixed in thin-volume trading, with some soybean contracts […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

First U.S. trader convicted of spoofing sentenced to jail

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News July 13, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — A U.S. judge sentenced futures trader Michael Coscia to three years in prison on Wednesday, a lighter punishment than prosecutors had sought for the first person criminally convicted of the manipulative trading practice of spoofing. Coscia also was sentenced to two years of supervised release from jail, in a case that […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Weather woes support wheat

By GFM Network News March 14, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose to a three-week high on Monday, their eighth day of gains over nine sessions, supported by a round of short covering, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures hit their highest since Feb. 4 on concerns that dry weather in the U.S. Plains […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Short-covering supports corn, soy, wheat

By GFM Network News March 7, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rose for the fourth day in a row on Monday, supported by a round of short-covering after regulatory data released on Friday afternoon showed that speculators had built the biggest net short on record in all three commodities. But prices closed well off their session […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Prices rise on short-covering, slow loadings in Brazil

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News February 16, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures climbed to a 1-1/2-week high on Tuesday while wheat and corn each gained about one per cent, boosted by investor short-covering and a backlog of export loadings at Brazilian ports. Prices rose as trade resumed following a three-day weekend due to Monday’s U.S. Presidents Day holiday. They were […] Read more

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Tag Archives CFTC

CFTC fines cattle futures traders US$5 million

U.S. grains: Corn firms on short-covering

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn hit two-week lows on long liquidation

U.S. grains: Soy hits two-week low on long liquidation

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit up on technical buying

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on short-covering

First U.S. trader convicted of spoofing sentenced to jail

U.S. grains: Weather woes support wheat

U.S. grains: Short-covering supports corn, soy, wheat

U.S. grains: Prices rise on short-covering, slow loadings in Brazil

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