Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs futures closed sharply higher Monday, supported by short-covering and fund buying after contracts surpassed key technical resistance levels, traders said. October […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs charge higher as funds buy
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs slide as U.S. dollar surges
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed lower on Friday in response to the U.S. dollar’s surge to a four-year high which tends to drive up costs […] Read more
CME to shorten livestock futures electronic trading hours
Chicago | Reuters — CME Group will scale back electronic trading hours for its livestock markets following customer feedback, the exchange announced on Friday. The markets affected are CME (Chicago […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live, feeder cattle repeat record highs
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday rose to a record high for a second consecutive session, supported in part by improved wholesale beef prices, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle surge three-cent limit
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle contracts on Wednesday settled up at their maximum three-cents daily price limit, lifted by live cattle futures’ climb to a new […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undercuts CME live cattle
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower Tuesday, pressured by profit-taking and fund selling on the final trading day for the quarter, traders and analysts […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher, pare early losses
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished sharply higher on Monday, erasing early-session losses as they gained on short-covering and fund buying before the end of […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Nearby CME live cattle close up three-cent limit
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle nearby trading months closed up the maximum three-cents-per-pound daily price limit, driven by short-covering and fund buying, traders said. October and […] Read more
PEDv shrinks U.S. hog herd, but low-cost feed limits decline
Reuters — The U.S. hog herd continued to shrink during the June-August quarter as a deadly pig virus lingered on farms, but the decline was less than expected, a U.S. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hogs slump as Wall Street tumbles
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed lower on Thursday, pressured by active U.S. stock market selling as the dollar surged to a four-year high, traders and […] Read more