Today’s Futures News

Today’s Futures News

• JPMorgan Tops Banks for Third Year as Loans Retreat: Commodities
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) led lending to commodities companies for a third consecutive year even as global financing to the industry fell to the lowest since 2010. The biggest U.S. bank by assets arranged $44.1 billion of loans, giving the New York …
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• Copper Rises; Soybeans, Palm Oil Decline: Commodities at Close
  GRAINS, OILSEEDS, SOFT COMMODITIES. Soybeans declined from the highest price in three weeks as forecasts of increased production in South America outweighed estimates of improving demand for U.S. supplies. Corn was poised to advance for a ninth …
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• Goldman's commodities risk taking falls
  Goldman Sachs has reduced its risk taking in commodities to the lowest in eight years, the clearest sign of how Wall Street is facing up to tighter regulation. Goldman is the largest bank in commodities by revenues.
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• JPMorgan Tops Banks for Third Year as Loans Retreat: Commodities
  Commodities stagnated in 2012, with the Standard & Poor's GSCI gauge of 24 raw materials rising 0.3 percent, the least in five years. The 140-member Bloomberg World Mining Index (BWMING) advanced 2.9 percent, lagging behind the 13 percent gain in …
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• Goldman, JPMorgan fourth quarter commods risk dives versus 2011
  Analysts said falling oil, metals and grains prices as well as higher trading uncertainties as the United States appeared headed for a fiscal crisis toward year-end created a weaker trading environment for commodities. Goldman Sachs, Wall Street's …
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• Gold Stable, Soybeans Rise in Commodities Trading
  Gold Stable, Soybeans Rise in Commodities Trading. By Associated Press | More Articles January 16, 2013 | Comments (0). Soybeans futures are rising on concern that warmer, drier weather in South America may damage the crop. The May contract for the …
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• COMMODITIES-Grains head for prolonged rally; platinum up 7th day
  The dollar was flat against a basket of major currencies , holding little sway over commodities for a second session in a row. The 19-commodity Thomson Reuters-Jefferies CRB index settled slightly higher after the run-up in soybeans, cotton crude oil …
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• Device to remove insect pests from stored grains
  Stored grains are attacked by several pests. They assume importance as they start their damage in the field itself. Generally insects fly from nearby farms, farm store houses or farmer storehouses and start laying eggs on the grains that are stored …
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• UPDATE 1-Goldman, JPMorgan 4th-qtr commodities risk dives
  "A lot of trading positions in oil, metals and grains were possibly not taken up in the last quarter due to anxiety over the U.S. 'fiscal cliff,' and that would have played into the risk levels," said Wojtek Zarzycki, chief investment officer at …
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• Cotton Leads Advance as Natural Gas Slumps: Commodities at Close
  SOFT COMMODITIES. Orange-juice futures gained the most in more than a month on speculation that unusually cold weather may harm groves in Florida, the world's second-largest citrus grower. Coffee also rose, while sugar and cocoa slid. Cotton jumped 1.7 …
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• no 05/13 NASDAQ OMX Commodities to introduce fees for guarantees and …
  NASDAQ OMX will introduce a fee for administrating bank guarantees and letters of credit as of February 1, 2013. The fee structure will apply for NASDAQ OMX Derivatives Markets, NASDAQ OMX Commodities, and N2EX. Fees will be charged for each …
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• China makes grains 'better bet' than cotton, sugar
  China makes grains 'better bet' than cotton, sugar. Grains look a better bet than soft commodities, thanks to their differing appeals in terms of Chinese imports, Australia & New Zealand said, in a report suggesting corn futures might yet set a fresh …
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