Cocoa Prices Erase Early Losses on Dollar Weakness
September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26) closed up +6 (+0.10%) on Friday, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26) closed up +4 (+0.09%).
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Wheat Hold Higher on Friday
The wheat complex is trading with contract rallying on Friday across the three markets. Chicago SRW contracts were up 7 to 9 cents, as September was down 1 3//4 cents this week. KC HRW futures were 13 to 15 cents higher…
Stocks Settle Higher as a Weak Jobs Report Allays Rate Hike Fears
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up +0.62% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +0.28%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +1.19%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) r…
Corn Hold Steady on Friday
Corn futures closed with contracts steady to fractionally higher at the close. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was unchanged at $4.09 1/2.
Cocoa Prices Pressured by Larger Supplies from Ghana
September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26) is down -10 (-0.17%) today, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26) is down -7 (-0.16%).
Inside the startup drone maker powering Ukraine's deep-strike campaign
The chief executive of Ukraine's leading arms company says Kyiv has "learned the hard way" that military strength is an essential precursor to diplomacy, describing deep strikes into Russian territory as a core tenet of…
Hogs Hold onto Gains on Friday
Lean hog futures saw steady to 50 cent gains on Friday, with August slipped $3.35 on the week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $97.67 on Friday afternoon, down 63 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Ho…
Stocks Rally on Earnings and Fed-Friendly US Payroll Report
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.37%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.89%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.44%, an…
Notable Friday Option Activity: GRAL, TWLO, SEZL
Twilio Inc (Symbol: TWLO) options are showing a volume of 29,927 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 3.0 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 155.4% of TWLO's aver…
Ground control to private equity: has AI landed on the factory floor?
In a fabrication shop outside Lexington, KY, MiddleGround Capital builds robotic work cells: self-contained stations where robots perform tasks with minimal human involvement.
Earnings call transcript: Hut 8 misses Q2 2026 profit view as revenue climbs
Oil prices turn lower as Bessent says U.S. may have Iran deal "today or tomorrow"
‘SaaSpocalypse’ debate intensifies as software stocks swing wildly
The pennies-on-the-dollar acquisition of one-time highflyer Airtable, followed by plunges in HubSpot, Datadog and Figma on earnings reports, all served to underscore investor concerns that artificial intelligence models…
Palantir’s stock stages best week since 2024 — showing it’s no longer an ‘AI loser’
Booming demand for Palantir’s AI solutions is restoring confidence in the company.
Trump is trying to fire Lisa Cook again. He still wants to stack the Fed with his allies.
Two months after he was blocked by the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump has resumed his effort to oust Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook as part of an effort to stack the central bank’s board with more allies.
Two reasons why Nvidia’s stock saw its biggest weekly surge in more than a year
The chip maker recorded its largest-ever weekly increase in market capitalization.
Ondo Perps hits $7 billion in volume weeks after launch
Ondo Finance's derivatives platform has raced past $7 billion in cumulative trading volume, according to data from analytics site DefiLlama, a fast climb for a product that only recently opened to the public.
The unwind of Situational Awareness isn't the only reason the AI trade is back
The hedge fund's forced selling was a clearing event, but earnings are sustaining the AI trade
The smart way to invest in gold right now as the dollar slips
Also in Weekend Reads: Kevin O’Leary’s investing strategy, a 9% dividend paired with lower stock-market risk and advice from the Moneyist.
ExxonMobil Buybacks and Dividends Support a 5.8% Shareholder Yield
ExxonMobil posted second-quarter 2026 earnings of $14.5 billion, or $3.48 per share, with adjusted earnings of $14.7 billion, or $3.52 per share. Revenue came in at $116.0 billion against a $97.7 billion estimate. Net i…
Dollar Falls and Gold Soars on the Weak US Payroll Report
The dollar index (DXY00) dropped to a 7-week low today and is down by -0.34%. The dollar tumbled today on the US July payroll report that showed an unexpected decline in nonfarm payrolls and a smaller-than-expected incr…
Russia sanctions bill honoring Lindsey Graham breezes through Senate, heads to House
The Senate on Friday overwhelmingly approved a Russia sanctions bill that was long championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., before his death last month.
BorgWarner secures new VCT engine contracts in Europe and China
BorgWarner has added to its variable cam timing (VCT) order book with fresh programme awards in Europe and China.
Here are three key takeaways from the disappointing July jobs report
Nonfarm payrolls in the U.S. unexpectedly declined in July, but so did the unemployment rate, leaving investors with mixed signals on how to process the latest jobs report.
Trump teased an Iran deal that didn't come, but markets soared. Here’s why it keeps happening
The Trump administration this week sparked enthusiasm that the U.S. and Iran could soon strike a deal on the Strait of Hormuz, driving down oil prices and sending stocks soaring — only for no deal to emerge.