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Saturday May 25 2013 |
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FUTURES PRICES ENDED DOWN across the board Friday. Canola closed 7.20 under the previous close at 635.20. The trading range was 631.80 to 646.70. Chicago wheat settled at 698-1/2, down 4-3/4 with a range of 696-1/4 and 707-1/2. Minneapolis wheat ended the day at 8076-1/4 lower. Trading opened at 812-1/4 with the day's high and low of 815-3/4 and 806-1/4. KCBT wheat finished at 748, down 6-1/2 with a range of 746-1/4 and 757-1/4. Corn settled down 3-3/4 from the previous close at 658-1/4. The high-low range was 664-3/4 to 655-1/2. Chicago soybeans closed at 1479-1/4, down 20-1/4 with a high and low of 1505-3/4 and 1471-1/4. Soy oil finished 0.39 lower at 49.27. Chicago oats closed down 5-1/2 at 364-3/4. LIVESTOCK FUTURES worked higher across the board with live cattle at 120.700, up 1.575. Feeder cattle finished up 2.050 at 144.700. Lean hog futures gained 0.625 to finish off at 94.825. THE CANADIAN DOLLAR was at 0.96 late in the day, down 0.300 from the previous close. The US dollar index was 83.920, down 0.515. The euro was down 0.015 against the US dollar at 1.292. TORONTO STOCKS ended the day down 1 point with the S&P index at 12657. The New York Dow average was at 15287, off 7. NASDAQ was down 7 at 3453. CRUDE OIL settled lower at 94.14, down 0.11 with a low for the day of 93.04. Natural gas traded at 4.23, down 0.03. Gold was down 5.10 at 1,382.00.
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