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The wheat complex is trading with weakness across the three markets on Friday. Chicago SRW contracts are posting 13 to 18 1/4 losses at midday. KC HRW futures are trading with Friday weakness of 17 to 26 cents. MPLS spring wheat is under pressure, with contracts 13 to 16 cents in the red.As expected this month, USDA left the US production estimate alone, as they wait for the Small Grains Summary on September 30. The rest of the US balance sheet was left unchanged, as US carryout was steady at 717 mbu.  Don’t Miss a Day: From crude oil to…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, September 14, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its August trading data for new tokens and TradFi assets. The number of users trading new tokens rose 21% month over month, while the top-performing token posted a peak gain of 14,143%. During the same period, TradFi Spot trading volume increased 13% month over month, led by a 31% rise in tokenized stock trading volume. From early-stage tokens to tokenized stocks, trading activity on MEXC expanded across both crypto and traditional asset markets in August. In the new-token market, the number of users trading…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 10th, 2026, Chainwire The appointment brings a veteran of regulated digital-asset and brokerage businesses to a firm turning its focus from growth alone to the foundations that sustain it. Tag Markets today announced the appointment of Craig Lund as Chief Executive Officer. Lund will lead the company’s executive team and its next phase of development, working alongside the firm’s founders and existing stakeholders. Lund brings more than fifteen years of experience across financial services, regulated digital assets, operations and governance, with senior leadership roles at Merrill Lynch, M2, MidChains, BitOasis, and Property Finder. He has helped…

Corn futures are trading with midday losses of 2 to 3 cents so far on Friday.  The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 2 1/2 cents at $4.85 1/2. USDA reported a private export sale of 264,000 MT this morning, all to Mexico for 2026/27 shipment. Don’t Miss a Day: From crude oil to coffee, sign up free for Barchart’s best-in-class commodity analysis.   The monthly Crop Production report from NASS showed US corn yield down 2.2 bpa to 178.5 bpa, and in line with trade estimates. Production was down 213 mbu from August at 15.8 bbu as harvested acres…

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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday rose by +0.86%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) rose by +0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) rose by +0.91%.  E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) rose +0.83%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) rose +0.86%.Stock indexes closed higher, supported by Friday’s -2.4% decline in oil prices.  The stock market took Friday’s CPI report largely in stride, even as the 10-year T-note yield closed slightly higher and the odds of a Fed rate hike next week rose to 85%. Join 200K+ Subscribers: Find out why the midday Barchart Brief newsletter is a must-read for thousands…

Patrick Sweeney and John Palmer have joined Dallas-based Prospera Financial Services, a wealth management firm. Sweeney, based in Pennsylvania, is the president and wealth advisor at Chartiers Capital Group. Palmer, based in New York, is the founder of Palmer Financial. The advisors bring a combined $75M in total client assets to Prospera.  Tony Unkel has been appointed as director of Partnerships at IRA Financial. In the newly created role, Unkel will lead the firm’s new business-to-business growth channel, which is designed to serve RIAs, capital raisers, family offices, real estate syndicators, and alternative investment platforms. Before joining IRA Financial, he…

October WTI crude oil (CLV26) is up +5.67 (+5.90%) on Wednesday, and October RBOB gasoline (RBV26) is up +0.1572 (+4.90%).Crude oil and gasoline prices are sharply higher today, with crude oil posting a 3.5-month high and gasoline posting a 2-week high.  Crude prices are soaring today amid fears that the US-Iran war will persist, reducing energy exports from the Middle East and tightening global oil supplies. Crude prices rallied today despite a bearish weekly EIA inventory report. Don’t Miss a Day: From crude oil to coffee, sign up free for Barchart’s best-in-class commodity analysis.   Crude prices are climbing after Iran…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 10th, 2026, Chainwire Tech entrepreneur and angel investor Alessio Vinassa today announced the expansion of his investment framework focusing on the convergence of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, applying strategic risk-mitigation model lessons derived from managing high-pressure financial turnarounds to emerging enterprise technologies. Before he began investing across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, Web3 and innovative finance, he faced a financial collapse that changed how he understood risk. Alessio reached a point where approximately €180,000 was due while only about €2,200 remained in his bank account. The situation left him facing the possibility of bankruptcy and forced him…

Dubai, UAE, September 10th, 2026, Chainwire Zamanat Fund CEIC Limited is the company’s first live proof point for regulated fund tokenization on ZIGChain focused on GCC private credit. Zamanat today announced its sponsorship of Zamanat Fund CEIC Limited (the “Fund”), a DIFC-domiciled tokenized private credit fund with a target size of up to USD 100 million. The Fund targets the GCC’s estimated $250 billion SME financing gap, with only 11 percent of SMEs across the region having access to credit. Closing a $250 billion structural gap in GCC SME credit Across the GCC, SMEs are central to economic growth yet…