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The Zacks Transportation – Rail industry faces challenges, ranging from tariff-induced economic uncertainties, inflationary pressures and resultant high interest rates to concerns pertaining to supply-chain disruptions. Despite the challenges surrounding the industry, Union Pacific Corporation UNP and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited CP appear better placed to tide over the challenges. Declining fuel costs represent a tailwind…

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26) on Friday closed up +0.03 (+0.22%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26) closed up +21.00 (+5.58%). Sugar prices moved higher on Friday as the recent selloff pushed prices into oversold territory, prompting some technical buying.   March London sugar settled sharply higher on fund short covering as…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday closed up +0.05%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +0.10%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +0.18%.  March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26) rose +0.03%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQH26) rose +0.14%. Stock indexes recovered from early losses on Friday and settled higher. Falling bond yields were…

Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Wednesday (February 11) as of 9:00 p.m. UTC. Get the latest insights on Bitcoin, Ether and altcoins, along with a round-up of key cryptocurrencymarket news Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at US$67,551.42, down 18 percent over the last 24 hours. Chart via TradingView. Bitcoin price performance, February…

Lean hog futures closed Friday with most contracts down 50 to 75 cents, as expiring February was up 20 cents. April fell $6.67 this week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $85.22 on Friday afternoon, down $1.73 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was 37 cents higher on Feb 11 at…

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Southern Company (Symbol: SO), where a total volume of 33,610 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 3.4 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying…

Key Points Despite double-digit gains for the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite in 2025, headwinds are mounting for the stock market. President Trump’s tariff and trade policy has caused heightened volatility on Wall Street and modestly increased the U.S. inflation rate. However, corporate earnings quality is of the utmost importance amid…

In trading on Friday, shares of the Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (Symbol: VONG) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $115.12, changing hands as low as $114.79 per share. Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth shares are currently trading off about 0.1% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of VONG…

Stocks continued to be under pressure despite a cooler-than-expected reading on January inflation that offset a hot job number earlier in the week. What that means for the pace of future interest rate cuts is anyone’s guess. For now, investors remain focused on valuation, particularly regarding stocks in the artificial intelligence (AI) trade. Not only…

(RTTNews) – The price of crude oil has moved modestly higher during trading on Friday, regaining some ground following the steep drop seen in the previous session. After plunging $1.79 or 2.8 percent to $62.84 a barrel during Thursday’s session, crude for March delivery has risen was last seen trading up $0.06 or 0.1 percent…