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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has underperformed the broader market over the past year, but analysts are moderately optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

IDEXX Laboratories has considerably outperformed the broader market over the past year, and analysts are moderately optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

Top commodity expert Don Dawson explains how to interpret COT data as this key smart-money indicator returns to markets.

Ralph Lauren has notably outperformed the broader market over the past year, and analysts are highly optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

BlackRock has underperformed the broader market over the past year, but analysts are strongly optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

Lean hog futures settled the Thursday session with most contracts 30 to 65 cents higher. Open interest was down just 92 contracts on Thursday, suggesting a rotation of ownership. USDA’s national base hog price from Thursday afternoon was reported at $71.87, down $2.74 from the day prior. The CME Lean...

Live cattle futures posted losses of $1.57 to $2.52 on the Thursday session. Open interest was down 1,374 contracts on Thursday. A few cash sales in the north have been reported at $215-220 this week, with most on the higher side of that range, and $224 in the South. The...

Cotton price action is down 17 to 26 points across the nearbys, with December down 89 points on first notice day. Futures ended the Thursday session with mostly contracts within 5 points of unchanged, as December was down 62 points. Crude oil futures were down $0.17 per barrel to $59.27...

Corn price action is showing fractional losses across the front months on Friday morning. Futures closed the Thursday session with contracts down 1 to 3 3/4 cents across the board. Strong export sales data from more than a month ago failed to get the bulls excited. Preliminary open interest was...

Wheat is leaking lower on Friday morning, with contracts down across the three markets. The wheat complex continued this week’s pullback on Thursday, as weakness was felt across the three exchanges. Chicago SRW futures were mostly 8 ½ to 10 cents lower on Thursday. Preliminary open interest was down 1,445...

Soybeans are slipping back 1 to 3 cents cents so far on Friday AM trade. Futures posted losses of 9 to 13 ¾ cents on Thursday in the front months, with deferred contracts 3 to 7 ½ cents in the red. Futures continue to sell the fact as China purchases...