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    US copper build-up intensifies on tariff risk: Hotter Commodities

    Half a million tonnes of copper is sitting in US warehouses, and the traders who put it there are starting to wonder whether they’ve built a hedge, or a trap.

    June 8, 2026
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    By: Andrea Hotter
    Soybean price commentary: Futures fall on US tariffs, bearish derived and external markets

    Soybean futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were lower on Friday June 5 due to uncertainties around Chinese commitment to buy of US goods and a perfect storm in external and derived markets.

    June 8, 2026
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    By: Victor Gusmao
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    Soybean, corn, wheat prices fall on plummeting futures

    Fastmarkets’ weekly recap of the main movements in global cash markets.

    June 8, 2026
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    By: Masha Belikova
    Vegoils price commentary: CME soyoil declines sharply on crude, US biofuels uncertainties; CPO down on related oils

    CPO futures extended losses on Friday June 5, erasing most of the week’s gains as weakness in related oils weighed on prices, while CME soyoil futures also declined, pressured by falling crude oil, legal challenges to rising US biofuel blending mandates and profit-taking.

    June 8, 2026
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    By: Fastmarket team
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