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Saturday November 21 2009 |
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FUTURES MARKETS ended mixed on Friday. Canola finished 3.00 above the previous close at 402.10. The trading range was 407.20 to 402.20. The nearby Winnipeg barley future settled at 160.00 after trading between 159.50 and 160.00. Chicago wheat settled at 553-1/4, down 2-3/4 with a range of 572-1/4 and 563-1/4. Minneapolis wheat ended the day at 560, 4-1/2 lower. Trading opened at 564 with the day's high and low of 566-3/4 and 575. KCBT wheat finished at 552-1/2, down 4-1/4 with a range of 570-1/2 and 560-3/4 . Corn settled down 4 from the previous close at 390-1/4. The high-low range was 394-3/4 to 399. Chicago soybeans closed at 1031-1/2, up 7 with a session high of 1041 and the day's low at 1050. Soy oil finished 0.26 higher at 39.23. Chicago oats closed down 1-1/2 at 256-1/2. LIVESTOCK FUTURES worked higher across the board with live cattle at 83.475, up 0.300. Feeder cattle finished up 0.925 at 91.875. Lean hog futures gained 1.550 closing at 56.100. THE CANADIAN DOLLAR was at 93.17, down 0.69. The US dollar was stronger against the euro at 1.4799, up 0.005. AT 17:08 TORONTO STOCKS were down 20.97 points with the S&P index at 11,579.33. The New York DJ industrial average was down 14.28 at 10,318.16. CRUDE OIL settled lower at 76.76, down 0.41 with a low for the day of 78.61. Natural gas ended at 4.220, up 0.094. Gold was up 8.10 at 1151.0. IN THE METALS copper rose 0.0405 to 3.0515, silver gained 0.045 to 18.035, platinum rose 5.10 to 1426.0 and palladium lost 5.90 to 353.35.
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