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Futures Market OverviewWednesday, May 22nd, 2013
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| Name | Contract | Last | Change | Open | High | Low | Time |
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| Crude Oil WTI | CLN13 (Jul '13) | 95.59 | -0.59 | 95.90 | 96.19 | 94.67 | 09:30 |
| E-Mini S&P 500 | ESM13 (Jun '13) | 1,676.25 | +10.75 | 1,665.75 | 1,685.75 | 1,664.75 | 09:35 |
| Gold | GCM13 (Jun '13) | 1,394.0 | +16.4 | 1,374.5 | 1,411.4 | 1,370.6 | 09:30 |
| Natural Gas | NGN13 (Jul '13) | 4.228 | -0.011 | 4.237 | 4.274 | 4.205 | 09:30 |
| Silver | SIN13 (Jul '13) | 22.725 | +0.270 | 22.360 | 23.220 | 22.320 | 09:30 |
| DJIA mini-sized | YMM13 (Jun '13) | 15,462 | +107 | 15,358 | 15,523 | 15,351 | 09:35 |
| Corn | ZCN13 (Jul '13) | 650-2 | +10-2 | 640-2 | 651-2 | 637-6 | 09:35 |
| Wheat | ZWN13 (Jul '13) | 687-6 | +7-2 | 680-4 | 691-0 | 680-0 | 09:35 |
 COTTON General Comments: Futures were lower on speculative selling tied to weak chart patterns and also on good planting conditions here in the US. The weather has improved in all áreas with some precipitation in Texas áreas and drier weather in the forecast for the Delta and... (full story) |
 Good Morning! In the overnight electronic session the July Corn is currently trading at 639 ½ which is a ½ of a cent lower as I write. He trading range has been 642 ¼ to 637 ¾ so far. The market has seemed to shrug off the initial shock of the Crop Progress report.... (full story) |
 The Clouds of Ben Bernanke We have heard from a ton of Fed officials in recent days but now it is Bens turn. The market has been torn trying to decipher just when the Federal Reserve will start to back off asset purchases. Of course the policy more than likely will be one where the [...] (full story) |
 May feeders have reached my downside target of 13200. (full story) |
By locking in a price now for a commodity to be delivered at some point in the future, futures markets permit buyers to secure insurance again future adverse price changes. In other words, futures markets supply a means for the mitigation of price risks. Futures charts track futures prices over time, and supply historical data that buyers and sellers can use to project where futures prices will be in the coming days or months. Frequently updated futures charts are a very useful tool for identifying pricing trends within a certain commodity.