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Corn futures closed out the first session of 2026 with losses of 2 to 3 cents. March was back down 12 ½ cents on the holiday week. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 2 ½ cents at $3.98 1/4. USDA reported a private export sale of 132,000...

Cotton futures closed the Friday session with weakness, as contracts were down 11 to 26 points, with March slipping 48 points over the short week. Crude oil futures were down 9 cents per barrel at $57.41. The US dollar index was up $0.123 at $98.170. On Wednesday afternoon, USDA released...

Soybeans came back from earlier sharp weakness on Friday to close the initial 2026 session with contracts down a penny to 3 cents. March was down 26 ¾ cents on the week. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was 6 ¼ cents higher at $9.70. Soymeal futures were $2.30...

The wheat complex posted mixed trade on Friday as the new year kicked off. Chicago SRW futures were fractionally in the red in the front months on Friday, as March was 12 ½ cents lower this week. KC HRW futures were steady to fractionally mixed on Friday, with March falling...

Live cattle futures were held up by the rallying cash market, with contracts up $3.50 to $4.40 in the front months. February was up $6.35 on the week. Cash trade picked up this week, as trade settled in at $232 across the country, up $2-3 from last week. Feeder cattle...

AppLovin shares lost another 8% in the first trading session of 2026, but fundamentals suggest APP stock is worth owning on the pullback.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed up +0.19%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.66%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.17%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26 ) rose +0.17%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures...

After a steady showing in 2025, shares of this infrastructure services provider can take off in 2026.

As impressive as 2025 was, the momentum setup for 2026 looks more challenging for Lam Research investors.

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday rose by +0.15%. The dollar moved higher on Friday due to weakness in the euro and yen, which both fell to 1.5-week lows against the dollar. Also, higher T-note yields on Friday strengthened the dollar's interest rate differentials. Strength in stocks on Friday...

February WTI crude oil (CLG26 ) on Friday closed down -0.10 (-0.17%), and February RBOB gasoline (RBG26 ) closed down -0.0168 (-0.08%). Crude oil and gasoline prices tumbled to 2-week lows on Friday on expectations for a record global supply surplus. Both the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the US...