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Wednesday March 10 2010 |
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AG FUTURES POSTED A MIXED CLOSE today. Canola finished 2.50 above the previous close at 387.40. The trading range was 381.90 to 389.30. Chicago wheat settled at 481-1/2, down 8 with a range of 478 and 492. Minneapolis wheat ended the day at 506-1/2, 4-3/4 lower. Trading opened at 510-3/4 with the day's high and low of 515 and 504. KCBT wheat finished at 484, down 6-1/4 with a range of 481 and 492-1/4. Corn settled down 3-1/2 fr om the previous close at 365-1/2. The high-low range was 370-3/4 to 362-1/2. Chicago soybeans closed at 958, up 10-1/2 with a session high of 964-1/4 and the day's low at 941-3/4. Soy oil finished 0.72 higher at 41.02. Chicago oats closed down 7 at 218. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK FUTURES mostly eased with live cattle at 93.800, down 0.600. Feeder cattle finished down 0.425 at 101.925. Lean hog futures gained 0.200 closing at 72.600. THE CANADIAN DOLLAR was at 97.51, up 0.06. The US dollar was down against the euro by 0.006 at 1.3655. AT 15:44 TORONTO STOCKS were up 42.35 points with the S&P index at 11,961.06. The New York DJ industrial average was up 2.95 at 10,567.33. OIL PRICES finished firmer at 81.99, up 0.50 with a high for the day of 83.03. Natural gas ended at 4.589, up 0.073. Gold was down 14.20 at 1103.0. IN THE METAL MARKETS TODAY copper futures dropped 0.0325 to 3.3790, silver dropped 0.318 to 17.020, platinum declined 0.40 to 1596.0 and palladium lost 4.05 to 465.25.
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