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Grains

OMAHA (DTN) -- Posted 10:33 -- May corn is down 1 cent per bushel, May soybeans are down 1 1/4 cents, July KC wheat is down 7 cents, May Chicago wheat is down 9 3/4 cents and MIAX July Minneapolis wheat is down 2 3/4 cents. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 974.55 points. The U.S. Dollar Index is down 0.340 and May crude oil is down $11.19 per barrel. June gold is up $85.00 per ounce. At midmorning corn, soybeans and soymeal have climbed back near unchanged but are still lower. Wheat has moved well off the lows, but bean oil is sharply lower with crude off more than $11 per barrel.

Posted 08:32 -- May corn is down 4 1/4 cents per bushel, May soybeans are down 10 3/4 cents, July KC wheat is down 13 1/2 cents, May Chicago wheat is down 12 cents and MIAX July Minneapolis wheat is down 9 cents. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 627.58 points. The U.S. Dollar Index is down 0.460 and May crude oil is down $10.66 per barrel. June gold is up $69.20 per ounce. Grain and soy markets are crashing with crude oil plunging over $10 per barrel on growing optimism that some sort of peace agreement could be close at hand. There is also talk that the Strait of Hormuz is now open.

Livestock

Posted 08:36 -- June live cattle are down $0.58 at $247.05, May feeder cattle are up $0.53 at $367.625, June lean hogs are down $0.15 at $101.525, May corn is down 3 3/4 cents per bushel and May soybean meal is down $1.90. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 641.99 points and NASDAQ is up 206.51 points. The livestock complex is off to a mixed start as again traders long to see greater fundamental support. No bids are currently on the table following the trade that developed on Thursday, but some more cash cattle trade will likely develop throughout the day.

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