Indices Paving Way To Higher Prices?
Stock index futures had buyers coming out in droves
following a strong open and a slow middle of the day. Contracts were bolstered
as traders boosted the Dow futures
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S&P futures
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futures
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points on the day.
T-bonds
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came back for stocks and index futures, rising ’30 to 106 ’03, while 10-year
notes
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Cattle futures were slow Tuesday, with reported spread
trading being the major play of the day. Live cattle
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0.150 to 69.85, while feeder cattle
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84.90. Hogs sold off on the release of heavy kills and larger average weights.
Lean hogs
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Corn
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open, but rallied to close well, up 2 1/4 at 212. December wheat
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back 2 1/2 to end at 444 3/4. Soybean oil
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complex by finishing at 16.57, down 0.07.
The British pound
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resumed its downtrend out of a pullback from lows, falling 0.0038 to 1.4204.
Euro FX futures
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Swiss francs
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The Japanese yen
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dropping 0.000008 to 0.008060 in Tuesday’s trading. December dollar index
futures
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In the softs, March 2002 sugar
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to have resumed its uptrend, adding on 0.06 to 7.70, and orange juice
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at 94.80. March cocoa
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run, retreating 36 points to 1271. Coffee
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amid producer selling, slipping 0.70 to 45.40, and cotton
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the end of trading.
Finally, the energies were mixed, with natural gas
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0.0003 to 0.5415, with crude oil
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