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Despite Verisk Analytics’ underperformance relative to the broader market over the past year, Wall Street analysts maintain a moderately optimistic outlook on the stock’s prospects.

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AT&T was upgraded to "Overweight" by KeyBanc on Nov. 12, with a $30 price target, after a recent selloff and rising wireless competition, based on analyst confidence in strong fiber growth, resilient earnings, and attractive dividend yield.

Cotton futures posted mixed action on Monday, with contracts down 3 to 8 points higher. Crude oil futures were back down 37 cents per barrel to $59.72 on Monday, with the US dollar index $0.251 higher to $99.450. The Thursday online auction from The Seam showed 416 bales sold with...

Lean hog futures posted mixed Monday trade, with contracts up 7 cents to 20 cents lower across the front months. USDA’s national base hog price from Monday afternoon was up 30 cents from Friday at $76.14. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 89 cents on November 13 at $87.94....

Corn futures saw gains hold into the Monday close, as contracts were up 3 to 4 ½ cents. March peaked above $4.50 but couldn’t hold into the close. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was back up 4 3/4 cents at $3.96 1/4. Export Inspections data showed 2.054 MMT...

Live cattle futures posted Monday front month gains of $2.12 to $2.25. Cash trade has yet to be reported this week, with last week at $225-227 across the country, with a few at $228 in the South. Some late Northern sales were $218-222. Feeder cattle futures are up $1.35 to...

The wheat complex posted a rally across the three markets in Monday. Chicago SRW was up 17 cents in the front months on the day. KC HRW futures posted 13 to 14 cent gains at the close. MPLS spring wheat futures were 5 to 9 cents in the green. USDA...

Soybeans were in rally mode on Monday, with nearby contracts up 23 to 32 3/4 cents. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was 33 1/2 cents higher at $10.84 1/2. Soymeal futures were back up $2.20 to $6.40 on Monday, with Soy Oil futures 60 to 99 points higher....

December Nymex natural gas (NGZ25 ) on Monday closed down by -0.226 (-4.95%). Dec nat-gas prices fell sharply on Monday due to warmer-than-normal weather forecasts for Nov 22-26 for the eastern half of the US. Nat-gas prices were also pressured by high US gas production and high US nat-gas inventories....

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Monday fell by -0.92%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) fell by -1.18%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) fell by -0.83%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ25 ) fell -0.83%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures...