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Stocks Finish Little Changed Ahead of Nvidia Earnings

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed down by -0.02% on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down by -0.21%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up by +0.05%. E-mini S&P futures (ES…

Wheat Rallying to New Highs as Russia Looks to Escalation

The wheat complex rallied on Wednesday with escalating tensions out of the Black Sea. Chicago SRW contracts were up the 45 cent limit in the front months and other contracts up 26 to 44 cents. KC HRW futures were 17 to …

Corn Rallies to Fresh 3-year Highs

Corn futures are trading with midday gains of 11 to 14 cents cents on Wednesday, hitting the highest price since August 2023. Spillover strength in wheat and supply concerns over the US crop have both been supportive. T…

Equinix at Six Five Summit: ai demand lifts guidance

Equinix reported a 10% rise in first-quarter revenue to $2.44 billion and lifted its 2026 guidance, with the data center operator citing record bookings and accelerating demand from AI customers as the backbone of the r…

Easing Supply Fears Weigh on Cocoa Prices

Cocoa prices are slightly lower today. Prices have been under pressure this week on signs of abundant global cocoa supplies. Last Friday, Bloomberg reported that Nigeria’s July cocoa bean exports rose +18% y/y to 16,052…

OpenAI releases sweeping report on Hugging Face AI agent hack

OpenAI published a technical report on Wednesday detailing how its artificial intelligence models successfully breached Hugging Face last month, an incident that rattled researchers and executives across the tech sector.

Stocks Slightly Higher on Mixed US Economic News

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) is up by +0.04% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up by +0.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up by +0.01%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.03%, and…