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Corn Products International (CPO) NewsBite - CPO Rises on Higher Corn Futures
Market Intelligence Center  Oct 6  Comment 
Corn Products International (NYSE: CPO) opened at $27.51. So far today, the stock has hit a low of $27.18 and a high of $27.79. CPO is now trading at $27.50, up $0.32 (1.18%). Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ranged from a low of $17.51 to a...
[$] Fear of Early Frost Heats Corn Market
Wall Street Journal  Sep 16  Comment 
An emerging frost threat breathed life back into the moribund Chicago Board of Trade corn futures market Tuesday, sending prices sharply higher.
Mosaic (MOS) NewsBite - MOS Rises on Higher Corn Futures
Market Intelligence Center  Sep 11  Comment 
Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) opened at $51.51. So far today, the stock has hit a low of $51.49 and a high of $52.95. MOS is now trading at $52.80, up $2.08 (4.1%). Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ranged from a low of $21.94 to a high of $98.08. MOS...
[$] Twitter Is One More Trading Tool
Wall Street Journal  Aug 3  Comment 
For a number of people in the agricultural-commodity sector, social networking, particularly Twitter, is playing a role in assessing the markets.
[$] Corn Prices Decline Amid Ideal Weather
Wall Street Journal  Jul 23  Comment 
Corn futures dipped briefly near a three-year low on the Chicago Board of Trade, as ideal crop-growing weather in the Midwest continued to fuel expectations of a bumper crop.
This Just In...There's Too Much Damn Corn! Futures Get Trashed
Blogging the Commodity Bull Market  Jun 30  Comment 
Corn futures are getting absolutely trashed this morning...along with basically everything else in the commodities sector. July futures are down nearly 8% as I write, as the USDA just reported that corn stocks are up 6% from a month...
Bunge (BG) NewsBite - BG Higher on Rising Corn Futures
Market Intelligence Center  Jun 24  Comment 
Bunge (NYSE: BG) opened at $59.68. So far today, the stock has hit a low of $59.51 and a high of $62.09. BG is now trading at $61.60, up $2.50 (4.23%). Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ranged from a low of $27.60 to a high of $113.87. BG...
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) NewsBite - ADM Gets Boost From Corn Futures
Market Intelligence Center  Jun 19  Comment 
Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM) opened at $27.54. So far today, the stock has hit a low of $27.25 and a high of $27.97. ADM is now trading at $27.77, up $0.51 (1.87%). Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ranged from a low of $13.53 to a high...
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Corn futures are traded on the Chicago Board of Trade under ticker symbol C in cents per bushel. For electronic trading sessions, the symbol ZC is used.[1]

The chart at left shows front-month corn prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) in U.S. cents per bushel.


Delivery Dates

Corn futures are delivered every year in March, May, July, September, & December.[1]

The following is a table with corn futures delivery dates and resultant tickers for 2009. For an explanation on commodity tickers see commodity ticker construction.

Delivery Month Full Ticker Symbol Thomson-Reuters Symbol
March, 2009CH9C/H9-CB
May, 2009CK9C/K9-CB
July, 2009CN9C/N9-CB
September, 2009CU9C/U9-CB
December, 2009CZ9C/Z9-CB

Contract Specifications

Contract Size

One Corn futures contract on the Chicago Board of Trade is 5,000 bushels.[1]

Daily Price Limit

$0.30 per bushel expandable to $0.45 and then to $0.70 when the market closes at limit bid or limit offer. There shall be no price limits on the current month contract on or after the second business day preceding the first day of the delivery month.[1]

Trading Hours

Corn futures contracts trade on the CBOT floor through open outcry (pit sessions) Monday through Friday, 9:30 AM to 1:15 PM, US Central Time.

Corn futures contracts trade electronically through the CME Globex electronic trading platform from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM Sunday through Friday and 9:30 AM to 1:15 PM Monday through Friday, US Central Time.

Last Trading Day

Trading of Corn futures contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade ends on the business day prior to the 15th calendar day of the contract month.[1]

Contents

Deliverable Grades

Deliverable Corn grades for futures contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade are: #2 Yellow at contract Price, #1 Yellow at a 1.5 cent/bushel premium #3 Yellow at a 1.5 cent/bushel discount.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The Chicago Board of Trade's contract specification for Corn futures
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