The Standard & Poor’s GSCI Spot Index of 24 raw materials rose 0.3 percent to close at 666.64 at 5 p.m. in New York as gasoline and natural gas climbed. The UBS CMCI index of 26 prices was little changed at 1,606.01. OIL PRODUCTS Gasoline surged to the highest level since August as refinery outages, [...]
Muni Bond ETFs on a Roll as Yields Hit Record Lows – ETF Trends
January 28th, 2012
January 27th at 8:11am by Tom Lydon Municipal bond exchange traded funds are spiking as rates drop to record lows, prompting worries this corner of the fixed-income market is getting ahead of itself. “The municipal bond market has been on a seven-week march to all-time low rates (yields),” says James Colby, an ETF portfolio manager [...]
Stock market closes mostly lower on Friday
January 28th, 2012
NEW YORK – The stock market closed mostly lower Friday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its first losing week of 2012, after the government reported that economic growth was slower at the end of last year than economists expected. The Dow spent the whole day in the red. It ended down 74 points, [...]
Foreign Exchange Rates : Currency Predictions – GBP, USD, EUR, NOK – Currency News
January 28th, 2012
26 Jan 2012 at 6 PM STORY LINK Foreign Exchange Rates : Currency Predictions – GBP, USD, EUR, NOK Foreign Exchange Rates : Currency Predictions – GBP, USD, EUR, NOK POUND STERLING Today’s session saw the Pound perform tamely against the other majors, with the notable exception being the US Dollar. This morning’s CBI Reported [...]
Euro Propped Up On Hopes For Greek PSI Deal, USD Strength Ahead – TheStreet.com
January 28th, 2012
By David Song, Currency Analyst Talking Points Euro: Greek PSI Deal Imminent, ECB To Cut Rates Further U.S. Dollar: 4Q GDP Misses Forecast, Sticky Prices Become More Apparent British Pound: 38.2% Fib To Play Key Role, BoE To Back More QE Euro: Greek Deal In ‘Coming Days,’ ECB To Cut Rates Further The Euro pared [...]
Corn futures rise, soybean futures fall, while oat and wheat futures are flat … – Washington Post
January 28th, 2012
Grains futures traded mixed in early trading Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery was unchanged at $ 6.5350 a bushel; March corn rose 3 cents to $ 6.3750 a bushel; March oats were unchanged at $ 3.0075 a bushel; while March soybeans fell 3 cents to $ 12.1975 a bushel. [...]
Gasoline futures surge as crude oil futures change little – The Australian
January 28th, 2012
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Corn Seen Opening Higher on Rising Demand; Wheat May Fall; Soybeans Steady
January 28th, 2012
What follows are opening calls for U.S. grain and oilseed markets. – Corn futures are called to open 3 cents to 5 cents a bushel higher on the Chicago Board of Trade on speculation that adverse weather this month reduced output in South America, Don Roose, the president of U.S. Commodities Inc. in West Des [...]
Futures File: Near-zero rates, gold and rigs – The Southern
January 28th, 2012
USA TODAY Futures File: Near-zero rates, gold and rigsThe SouthernAs a result of this week's announcement, global investors flocked toward assets that could benefit from inflation, such as gold and silver, which rose sharply on the announcement. By Friday, gold had risen $ 70 per ounce to $ 1736 (+4.2%) and silver had …Gold Futures [...]
Corn closes higher, soybeans and wheat lower on Friday
January 28th, 2012
Home > News > Latest > Corn closes higher, soybeans and wheat lower on Friday Doane Agricultural Services | Updated: January 27, 2012 Corn futures traded higher on Friday and gained about 5% for the week. The market was supported by weakness in the dollar index and firm cash markets. Increased export demand and light [...]
Euro rises to 6-week high against dollar on Greek deal hopes – Washington Post
January 27th, 2012
NEW YORK — The euro jumped to a six-week high against the dollar after a European official said that Greece is close to reaching a deal with creditors to lower its debt. Traders also sold the dollar after the government said that the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace in the fourth quarter than [...]
OIL FUTURES: Oil Up On Iran; Greek Debt Talks, US 4Q GDP Data Eyed – Wall Street Journal
January 27th, 2012
– Oil up on supply jitters ahead of Sunday’s Iranian debate to immediately halt oil exports to the EU – Investors also keeping an eye on talks between Greece and creditors – US 4Q GDP figures, due 1330 GMT, in spotlight, say analysts By Selina Williams Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)–Crude oil futures [...]
