02/12/2009 01:39PM
CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--CME Group (CME) is not planning to expand trading hours for agricultural products, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
Grains and oilseeds currently trade in the pit and electronically from 10:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. EST, and there is electronic-only trading from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. EST. Rumors
12/26/2008 02:43PM
1434 EST [Dow Jones] - CME live cattle settled sharply lower following initial profit taking. Sentiments that Wednesday's rally was overstated versus this week's potential cash cattle price outcome contributed to board losses.
And, the suspension of U.S. meat packing plants by Mexico because of alleged
11/11/2008 03:00PM
CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle settled lower Tuesday on U.S. equities sector liquidation, spreading out of deferred months into forward contracts and corn prices' slide.
Feeder cattle also registered sizable losses, most pork belly contracts closed down slightly and lean
10/29/2008 11:16AM
CME live cattle are higher on follow-through buying. Dec also tripped buy stops with the help of spreading into the contract out of Oct and Feb. And, electronic-CBOT corn strength drive up back cattle months.
Oct is 75 points higher at 90.50 cents a pound, and Dec is 115 points higher at 90.02 cents
10/13/2008 11:21AM
CME live cattle and feeder cattle futures prices opened higher Monday following the direction of higher stock markets. This allowed traders to cover short positions, brokers say. Over the last week of trading live cattle and feeder cattle futures had become oversold based on technical analysis of trading
10/06/2008 10:47AM
All CME live cattle briefly traded limit-down on sluggish wholesale beef movement and bearish financial and equity market activity. Meanwhile, sharply lower CBOT corn topple deferred cattle months. Oct is 290 points lower at 92.70 cents a pound, and Dec is 300 points lower at 94.77 cents. Feeder cattle
10/01/2008 11:13AM
CME live cattle are weak on profit taking after Tuesday's rally. Nervousness about this week's potential cash trade sidelines potential buyers. And spot-Oct and nearby-Dec tripped stops after both contracts slipped beneath their respective Tuesday lows. Profiteers also raid deferred cattle contracts
09/29/2008 02:40PM
CME live cattle closed sharply lower on fund selling, sell stops and meltdown in financial and equities sectors. Also, 2009 April, 2009 June and 2009 Oct live cattle settled limit-down in response to CBOT corn's limit-plunge. Spot-Oct live cattle finished 290 points lower at 98.05 cents a pound
09/29/2008 11:21AM
CME live cattle are down hard on receding boxed beef values and sell stops. Also, spot-Oct violated key 100.00-cent psychological support. Meanwhile, CBOT corn's steep plunge pressures rear cattle months. Oct is 160 points lower at 99.35 cents a pound and fell to a six-month bottom. Dec is 170 points