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- Grain-Pit Traders Squeezed Out as CME Expands to Match ICE Hours
CME Group Inc. (CME) , the world?s largest futures exchange, extends grain-trading hours today in response to the threat of competitors seeking a share of the electronic transactions that now dominate the market.
futures pit 20 May 2012 - Futures File: 24-Hour markets on the way
Twenty years ago, U.S. commodity markets were open for only a few short, albeit hectic, hours a day. Traders, shouting and flashing elaborate hand signals, crowded around ?pits? located in exchanges in major cities like New York and Chicago. Orders were executed in this way, as they had been since the Chicago Board of Trade began operating in the 19th century.
futures pit 20 May 2012 - Asia Trading Preview Gold, Silver, Copper and Crude Oil
US Gold futures prices finished US pit trade lower, but well off of the session lows. Prices tapped a new 17-wk low on Wednesday. The market had another raw commodity Bearish risk-off trading day Wednesday as the EU debt issues are in focus again. New technical selling also hit Gold and Silver this week.
futures pit 20 May 2012 - Gino Vicci: Floor Traders Upset Over CME Group's Changes
Amid pressure from the nation's largest grain association and "significant feedback," the CME Group Inc. backed off a proposed plan to extend trading hours in grain futures and options, but only by one hour.
futures pit 20 May 2012 - Palm Oil, Corn, Wheat and Agricultural Preview
(IBTimes) - Asia's leading economic research house LTN www.livetradingnews.com takes a look at the premarket for Agricultural products. Chicago Wheat futures saw a recovery into the
futures pit 20 May 2012 - Asia Preview, Gold, Silver, Oil
(IBTimes) - Gold, Silver and Crude Oil Trade US Gold futures ended pit trade higher, and near the high on Thursday. Traders and investors came in to buy the dip in Gold, with strong
futures pit 20 May 2012 - CFTC analysis nixes emergency trading restrictions on oil
Curbs on commodities speculators due later this year The U.S. futures regulator has concluded it cannot currently use its emergency authority to impose trading curbs on speculators in the oil markets, according to people familiar with a recent internal legal analysis.
futures pit 20 May 2012 - Asia Preview Gold, Silver, Oil Prices
US Gold futures prices finished pit trade Monday and tapped a 4.5 month low. Most markets were under selling pressure due to the heightened European Union debt and financial crisis. Jun Gold last traded off 20.30 at 1,563.70 oz. Spot Gold was last quoted off 16.40 at 1,564.50 oz. Jul Comex Silver last traded off 0.485 at 28.405 oz.
futures pit 20 May 2012 - The Silver Reverse Bubble of 2012
By Paul Mladjenovic NEW YORK (Minyanville) -- In late 2008, when silver was massacred in the futures pit and saw its price fall from over $20 to under $10, I told my readers at that time that silver entered into a "reverse bubble." I know it sounds odd, but let me re-visit the concept. As you know by now, a "bubble" is when an asset reaches an unsustainably high level due to artificially ...
futures pit 20 May 2012 - Asia Outlook Gold, Silver and Crude Oil Prices
US Gold futures prices finished pit trade higher Tuesday, it looks like a Short-covering and bargain-hunting bounce off of Monday's selling pressure. The Key outside markets were Bullish precious metals, as the USD index was weaker and Crude Oil prices were slightly higher. The Gold Market Bulls are working to do to regain their upside momentum. Jun Gold last traded + 11.80 at 1,644.40 oz.
futures pit 20 May 2012
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