Cotton futures saw mostly higher trade at Thursday’s close, as may was the exception down 3 points, with the rest up 7 to 25 points. Crude oil was up $9.15 to $96.40, with the US dollar index up $0.535 to 99.760. Export Sales data showed 253,177 RB of cotton sold in the week ending on March 5, back from the week prior and 4.84% above the same week last year. Vietnam was the buyer of 116,300 RB, wi...
Cotton futures saw mostly higher trade at Thursday’s close, as may was the exception down 3 points, with the rest up 7 to 25 points. Crude oil was up $9.15 to $96.40, with the US dollar index up $0.535 to 99.760. Export Sales data showed 253,177 RB of cotton sold in the week ending on March 5, back from the week prior and 4.84% above the same week last year. Vietnam was the buyer of 116,300 RB, with 28,200 RB to Bangladesh. Shipments were the largest since last May at 370,131 RB in the first week of March. Don’t Miss a Day: January cotton export excluding linters from Census were pegged at 927,984 bales, the lowest since 2016. The Cotlook A Index was up 55 points on March 11 at 75.75 cents. The Seam showed sales on 1,838 bales on 3/11, averaging 61.44 cents/lb. ICE certified cotton stocks were down 1,936 bales on Wednesday via decertification, with the certified stocks level at 119,517 bales. The Adjusted World Price was back up just 6 points on Thursday to 51.50 cents/lb. May 26 Cotton closed at 65.14, down 3 points, Jul 26 Cotton closed at 67.15, up 7 points, Oct 26 Cotton closed at 69.01, up 13 points More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Corn futures closed the Thursday session with contracts fractionally to 4 cents higher across the board. March expires on Friday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 2 1/4 cents to $4.19 ¾. Crude oil was up another $9.15 on Thursday to add to some spillover support. Export Sales data from this morning showed 1.53 MMT of old crop corn sold in the week ending on March 5. That was d...
Corn futures closed the Thursday session with contracts fractionally to 4 cents higher across the board. March expires on Friday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 2 1/4 cents to $4.19 ¾. Crude oil was up another $9.15 on Thursday to add to some spillover support. Export Sales data from this morning showed 1.53 MMT of old crop corn sold in the week ending on March 5. That was down from last week, but 58.2% larger than the same week last year. Japan was the top buyer of 670,000 MT, with 367,600 MT sold to Mexico and 209,100 MT to South Korea. New crop sales were just 500 MT. Don’t Miss a Day: Census data showed 6.61 MMT (260.1 mbu) of corn shipped in January, which was a record for the month. Distillers were the highest in 4 years for January at 1.01 MMT. Ethanol shipments were 212.07 million gallons a record. Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.48 1/4, up 4 cents, Nearby Cash was $4.19 3/4, up 2 1/4 cents, May 26 Corn closed at $4.62 1/2, up 2 1/4 cents, Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.74, up 2 cents, More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
The wheat complex closed the Thursday session with mixed trade, as SRW contracts were the strongest and spring wheat the weakest. Chicago SRW futures were up 2 1/4 to 3 3/4 cents on the day. KC HRW futures were steady in the front months to a couple pennies lower in the deferreds. MPLS spring wheat was down 1 ¼ to 3 1/2 cents in the front months on Thursday. The next 7 days look on the drier side ...
The wheat complex closed the Thursday session with mixed trade, as SRW contracts were the strongest and spring wheat the weakest. Chicago SRW futures were up 2 1/4 to 3 3/4 cents on the day. KC HRW futures were steady in the front months to a couple pennies lower in the deferreds. MPLS spring wheat was down 1 ¼ to 3 1/2 cents in the front months on Thursday. The next 7 days look on the drier side for much of the Southern Plains, with the eastern half of the country and SRW area looking wetter. Don’t Miss a Day: Weekly Export Sales data from this morning showed a total of 455,439 MT of wheat sold in the week ending on March 5. That was the largest in 4 weeks, and more than double the previous week. Mexico was the top buyer of 238,600 MT, with 68,900 MT sold to China, and 66,700 MT to Japan. New crop sales were 40,350 MT. Monthly wheat exports in January were 1.529 MMT (59.2 mbu), which was a 3-year high for January. Expana trimmed their export forecast for EU soft wheat by 0.5 MMT to 27.1 MMT. Production for 2026/27 was up 0.3 MMT to 128.6 MMT. Mar 26 CBOT Wheat closed at $5.92 1/4, up 3 3/4 cents, May 26 CBOT Wheat closed at $5.98 1/2, up 3 3/4 cents, Mar 26 KCBT Wheat closed at $6.01 1/2, unch, May 26 KCBT Wheat closed at $6.13 1/2, unch, Mar 26 MIAX Wheat closed at $6.22 3/4, down 3 1/2 cents, May 26 MIAX Wheat closed at $6.35 1/2, down 3 1/2 cents, More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Live cattle futures closed Thursday with contracts up 87 cents to $1.30. Cash trade has been mostly $372 dressed as well as a few live sales of $235-236. The Thursday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed sales of $235.50 on 447 of the 1,656 head offered, with other bids of $231-235. Feeder cattle futures were down 30 to 59 cents in the front months, with other contracts up a dime to 7...
Live cattle futures closed Thursday with contracts up 87 cents to $1.30. Cash trade has been mostly $372 dressed as well as a few live sales of $235-236. The Thursday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed sales of $235.50 on 447 of the 1,656 head offered, with other bids of $231-235. Feeder cattle futures were down 30 to 59 cents in the front months, with other contracts up a dime to 75 cents. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was down another $3.83 to $360.97 on March 11. The weekly APHIS update on New World Screwworm showed 9 new cases (7 in cattle) in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, which took the total to 23 active cases in the bordering state (15 in cattle). Don’t Miss a Day: Export Sales data showed a total of 25,443 MT of beef sold in the week ending on March 5, which was the largest sales total since February 2023. South Korea was the buy 11,600 MT in that week, with 5,900 MT to Japan. Shipments were the lowest for the calendar year at 11,427 MT. Census data from converted to a carcass basis showed 195.4 million lbs of beef exports in January, the lowest since 2016. Wholesale Boxed Beef prices were higher in the Thursday afternoon report, with the Chc/Sel spread narrowing to $6.27. Choice boxes were up 39 cents to $397.09, while Select was $1.57 higher to $390.82. USDA estimated federally inspected cattle slaughter for Thursday at 108,000 head, with the week to date total at 425,000 head. That is down 8,000 from the previous week and 57,938 head shy of the same week last year. Apr 26 Live Cattle closed at $231.250, up $1.100, Jun 26 Live Cattle closed at $229.375, up $1.300, Aug 26 Live Cattle closed at $227.275, up $1.100, Mar 26 Feeder Cattle closed at $348.225, down $0.500, Apr 26 Feeder Cattle closed at $343.000, down $0.300, May 26 Feeder Cattle closed at $339.925, up $0.100, More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Lean hog futures closed the Thursday session slipping back a tick to 25 cents in the front months. The USDA national average base hog negotiated price was reported at $89.39 on Thursday afternoon, down $1.63 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 9 cents from the previous day at $89.41 on March 18. Pork export sales were lagging again this week, totaling just 18,069 MT in the week of Ma...
Lean hog futures closed the Thursday session slipping back a tick to 25 cents in the front months. The USDA national average base hog negotiated price was reported at $89.39 on Thursday afternoon, down $1.63 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 9 cents from the previous day at $89.41 on March 18. Pork export sales were lagging again this week, totaling just 18,069 MT in the week of March 13, a calendar year low. Mexico was the buyer of 4,700 MT, with Japan buying 3,500 MT. Shipments totaled 32,851 MT, back down from last year. Mexico was the destination of 11,000 MT, with 6,200 MT headed to South Korea. Commodity Bulletin: Thursday afternoon’s FOB plant pork cutout from USDA was up 67 cents at $95.86 per cwt. The picnic and ham were the only primals reported lower. USDA estimated the Thursday Federally inspected hog slaughter at 471,000 head, taking the week to date total to 1.804 million head. That is down 150,000 from last week and 142,667 head below the same week last year. Apr 25 Hogs closed at $85.550, down $0.025, May 25 Hogs closed at $88.600, down $0.100 Jun 25 Hogs closed at $96.250, down $0.250, More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Soybeans slipped back from the midday highs, as contracts were still 2 ½ to 13 ¼ cents higher, led by the front months. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 13 1/4 cents at $11.52 1/4. Soymeal futures were up $1.90 to $4.80, with Soy Oil futures were up 13 to 26 points at the close. Crude oil was up another $9.15 on Thursday to add to some spillover support. USDA Export Sales data...
Soybeans slipped back from the midday highs, as contracts were still 2 ½ to 13 ¼ cents higher, led by the front months. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 13 1/4 cents at $11.52 1/4. Soymeal futures were up $1.90 to $4.80, with Soy Oil futures were up 13 to 26 points at the close. Crude oil was up another $9.15 on Thursday to add to some spillover support. USDA Export Sales data from this morning showed 456,740 MT of old crop soybean sold in the week ending on 3/5. That was the largest in 3 weeks, but still 34.15% below the same week last year. Indonesia was the top buyer of 204,300 MT, with 129,900 MT to Mexico, and 107,800 MT to Egypt. New crop business was 9,518 MT. Don’t Miss a Day: Soybean meal sales were 166,002 MT, which was on the low end of estimates 150,000 to 400,000 MT. Soybean oil sales totaled net cancellations of 2,835 MT. January soybean exports were tallied at 5.821 MMT (157.9 mbu), above the year prior. Meal exports were a record for any month at 1.678 MMT, with bean oil at 77,396 MT. Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $12.13, up 12 1/2 cents, Nearby Cash was $11.52 1/4, up 13 1/4 cents, May 26 Soybeans closed at $12.27 1/4, up 13 1/4 cents, Jul 26 Soybeans closed at $12.40, up 12 3/4 cents, More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes barred a US State Department official from visiting Jair Bolsonaro , the right-wing former president who is serving a 27-year prison sentence in the country’s capital. Darren Beattie, a Trump administration official, had sought to meet Bolsonaro during a trip to Brazil for a critical minerals summit in Sao Paulo next Wednesday. But after initially a...
Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes barred a US State Department official from visiting Jair Bolsonaro , the right-wing former president who is serving a 27-year prison sentence in the country’s capital. Darren Beattie, a Trump administration official, had sought to meet Bolsonaro during a trip to Brazil for a critical minerals summit in Sao Paulo next Wednesday. But after initially approving the request, Moraes determined that it fell outside of the diplomatic context that authorized the issuance of Beattie’s visa to visit Brazil, according to a Thursday evening ruling. Moraes’ initial authorization came at the request of Bolsonaro, who was convicted in September of plotting a coup attempt following his 2022 election loss to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva . The judge said that visit could only occur on the same day as the Sao Paulo event. In response to a request from Moraes, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira then said that Beattie’s visa application cited participation in the event and meetings with representatives of the Brazilian government. Beattie, however, only sought meetings with government officials after requesting the visit with Bolsonaro, Vieira said. “It should be noted that a visit by a foreign state official to a former president in an election year may constitute undue interference in the internal affairs of the Brazilian state,” the foreign minister said in a filing submitted to the court. Moraes in response blocked the visit, saying in his order that failure to communicate his intentions to diplomatic authorities “could even warrant a review of the visa” that was granted. The US embassy in Brazil didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The Trump administration last year placed sanctions on Moraes as part of an unsuccessful push to stop Bolsonaro’s trial. It later lifted the sanctions , along with heightened tariffs on many key Brazilian exports, after Trump and Lula began mending ties between the nations.
March 12 (Reuters) - Meta (META) has delayed the release of its artificial intelligence model code-named "Avocado" to at least May from this month, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter. The delayed timeline comes even as the company invests heavily to expand its AI ambitions, including a roadmap for building its own chips. In January, Meta la...
March 12 (Reuters) - Meta (META) has delayed the release of its artificial intelligence model code-named "Avocado" to at least May from this month, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter. The delayed timeline comes even as the company invests heavily to expand its AI ambitions, including a roadmap for building its own chips. In January, Meta laid out capital spending plans of between $115 billion and $135 billion for the year in the pursuit of "superintelligence" — the horizon where AI will outsmart humans. Meta's new model, which the company has been working on for months, has fallen short in performance when compared to the latest offerings from rivals, the report said. A Meta spokesperson told Reuters: "Our next model will be good, but more importantly, show the rapid trajectory we're on, and then we'll steadily push the frontier over the course of the year as we continue to release new models." "We're excited for people to see what we've been cooking very soon," the spokesperson added in an emailed statement. The leaders of Meta's AI division have discussed the possibility of temporarily licensing Google's Gemini to power the company's AI products, the report added, although no decisions have been reached. Media outlets had reported in December that Meta was working on a text AI model code-named Avocado slated for a first-quarter launch. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan and Devika Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona)
SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images Brent crude settled above $100/bbl Thursday for the first time in three and half years, as concerns grow about a protracted period of disruption to the world's oil markets. Many traders initially expected days of disorder when the U.S. and Israel first attacked Iran on February 28, but now they are expecting the turmoil to last weeks or even months . One reason...
SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images Brent crude settled above $100/bbl Thursday for the first time in three and half years, as concerns grow about a protracted period of disruption to the world's oil markets. Many traders initially expected days of disorder when the U.S. and Israel first attacked Iran on February 28, but now they are expecting the turmoil to last weeks or even months . One reason for the rising pessimism is the surge in attacks on tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, as at least seven vessels were hit in waters off the coast of Iraq and Dubai during the past 24 hours, with one of the ships, a foreign tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil, on fire in Iraqi waters. U.S. officials said Iran has started to litter the strait with sea mines, and Energy Secretary Wright said the U.S. Navy is not yet ready to start escorting tankers through the vital waterway through which 20% of the world's oil typically flows. Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, promised to keep the Strait closed and attack U.S. bases in the Middle East. The war is causing the biggest oil supply disruption in the history of global markets, the International Energy Agency said, with crude and product shipments through the Strait of Hormuz down more than 90% from ~20M bbl/day before the war. A day earlier, IEA's 32 member countries approved the release of a record volume of 400M barrels of oil from strategic stockpiles. "The market is getting more and more nervous," Neil Crosby of Sparta Commodities said in a note. "We see not only supply chain issues from the Hormuz closure but also growing medium-term implications from all the attacks on infrastructure in the region." "Near $100/bbl Brent is still undercooked," Crosby wrote, adding the planned release of strategic oil reserves "sounded big, but spaced over several months, it won't come anywhere near to solving things." "I nvestors are increasingly pricing in a more protracted conflict that causes extensive economic damage," Deutsche Bank...
For many investors, dividend stocks are the anchors of a fully diversified portfolio. They're typically well-established, solid stocks that are reliable for passive income and for weathering market storms. Great dividend stocks raise their dividends annually and should provide value to your portfolio forever. If you're looking for potential dividend stocks to consider today, I recommend Coca-Cola ...
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Earnings Call Insights: KORU Medical Systems (KRMD) Q4 2025 Management View Linda Tharby, President and CEO, announced her retirement effective June 30, stating "This transition has been thoughtfully planned by the Board, and I'm very pleased to announce that Adam Kalbermatten, our Chief Commercial Officer, has been selected as my successor." She noted Kalbermatten will become President on March 1...
Earnings Call Insights: KORU Medical Systems (KRMD) Q4 2025 Management View Linda Tharby, President and CEO, announced her retirement effective June 30, stating "This transition has been thoughtfully planned by the Board, and I'm very pleased to announce that Adam Kalbermatten, our Chief Commercial Officer, has been selected as my successor." She noted Kalbermatten will become President on March 15 and CEO on July 1, with Tharby remaining on the Board through 2026. Tharby highlighted, "2025 was a very good year for the organization. We accelerated our revenue growth and made progress in all of our strategic growth pillars, protecting and growing our Core Domestic business, expanding internationally and enabling more drugs to reach more patients. Revenue of $10.9 million in the fourth quarter marked our third consecutive quarter of greater than 20% revenue growth and we delivered full year revenue of $41.1 million, a 22% increase over the prior year." She emphasized outperformance in both Domestic and International Core businesses, with Core Domestic growing 18% and International Core up 71% in Q4. Notable milestones included EU MDR certification for FREEDOM60 with prefilled syringe compatibility and 510(k) clearance for RYSTIGGO. Tharby announced the initiation of 2026 revenue guidance of $47.5 million to $50 million, targeting 15% to 22% growth, positive adjusted EBITDA, and cash flow positivity for the full year. Tom Adams, CFO, commented, "We are pleased with another strong quarter of revenue where we delivered $10.9 million, representing 23% year-over-year growth. This marks 3 consecutive quarters of greater than 20% revenue growth, a reflection of the momentum we've built across the business." Adams added, "We delivered positive adjusted EBITDA of $600,000, a 124% improvement versus the prior year, marking 3 consecutive quarters of positive adjusted EBITDA." Outlook The company provided 2026 revenue guidance of $47.5 million to $50 million, representing growth ...