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Stocks Close Higher on Favorable CPI Report and Positive AI News

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Wednesday rose +0.26%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) fell -0.04%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) rose +0.74%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) rose +0.31%, …

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Corn Rallies on Smaller Yield and Cut to Stocks

Corn futures closed the Wednesday session with contracts down 18 to 20 ½ cents in through next July, with deferreds up 4 to 11 ½ cents. Spillover gains from wheat and increasing Black Sea strikes was supportive. The Cmd…

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Corn Rallies on Smaller Yield and Cut to Stocks

Corn futures closed the Wednesday session with contracts down 18 to 20 ½ cents in through next July, with deferreds up 4 to 11 ½ cents. Spillover gains from wheat and increasing Black Sea strikes was supportive. The Cmd…

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Wheat Rallies on Wednesday with Black Sea Strikes

The wheat complex is trading with sharp midday gains across the three exchanges. Chicago SRW contracts were 13 ¾ to 22 ½ cents higher across the board on the day. KC HRW futures posted 14 ½ to 21 ¾ cent gains at the clo…

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Hogs Post Modest Gains on Wednesday

Lean hog futures closed the midweek session with contracts 22 to 95 cent gains, as soon to expire August was down 20 cents. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $95.81 on Wednesday afternoon, down 51 cents fro…

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AARP issues urgent call on Medicare drug costs

American seniors pay dramatically more for brand-name prescription drugs than patients in 19 comparable countries, and the gap keeps widening each year.

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Trump's latest midterm move could reward Bitcoin holders

U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing a push to reduce capital gains taxes, a move that could allow investors — including cryptocurrency holders — to keep more of their profits when selling appreciated assets.

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Wednesday's ETF Movers: PTF, KWEB

And underperforming other ETFs today is the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, off about 2.3% in Wednesday afternoon trading. Among components of that ETF with the weakest showing on Wednesday were shares of Kanzhun, l…