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Monday February 08 2010 |
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FUTURES ENDED HIGHER across the board today. Canola finished 5.40 above the previous close at 385.70. The trading range was 380.00 to 387.10. The nearby Winnipeg barley future settled at 149.00. Chicago wheat settled at 484, up 10-3/4 with a range of 476-1/4 and 489. Minneapolis wheat ended the day at 511-3/4, 9-1/4 higher. Trading opened at 507-1/2 with the day's high and low of 514 and 505. KCBT wheat finished at 495-1/2, 11 higher with a range of 488 and 497-3/4. C orn settled up 4-1/2 from the previous close at 356. The high-low range was 362 to 353-1/2. Chicago soybeans closed at 929-1/2, up 16 with a session high of 939-3/4 and the day's low at 918-3/4. Soy oil finished 0.95 higher at 37.95. Chicago oats closed up 4-3/4 at 231. LIVESTOCK FUTURES worked higher across the board with live cattle at 87.650, up 0.225. Feeder cattle finished up 1.000 at 99.325. Lean hog futures gained 1.050 closing at 67.750. THE CANADIAN DOLLAR was at 93.00, down 0.18. The US dollar was down against the euro by 0.001 at 1.3653. AT 15:42 TORONTO STOCKS were down 107.82 points with the S&P index at 11,115.30. The New York DJ industrial average was down 103.84 at 9,908.39. OIL PRICES finished firmer at 71.68, up 0.49 with a high for the day of 72.39. Natural gas ended at 5.403, down 0.112. Gold was up 11.10 at 1061.0. IN THE METAL MARKETS TODAY copper rose 0.0285 to 2.8860, silver gained 0.205 to 15.035, platinum declined 1.40 to 1473.0 and palladium gained 8.80 to 407.05.
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