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Corn
Corn (ZC)

Today's Snapshot

Settlement price, volume, and OI for the May '26 Corn contract all saw decreases Tuesday. Settlement price dropped from 453'6 Monday to 452'2. It is now very close to where it was 90 days ago, having increased just 00'4 since then.

The May '26 Soybeans contract's settlement price moved in the other direction, increasing 05'4 (+0.46%) to 1201'6. That caused the May '26 Soybean/May '26 Corn ratio to rise from 2.64 to 2.66. This is the highest the ratio has been in the past three months.

Implied volatility for the May '26 option expiry decreased significantly, falling 1.10 pts to 21.20%. This is the third biggest daily decrease for the last 90 days. Weekly options saw their volume increase significantly, rising 55.6% on aggregate. Volume across weekly expirations was focused at the 457'0 strike.

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SETTLEMENT PRICE 03/10/26

452'2

DAILY CHANGE

-0.33%

ZCK6

DAILY LOW

445'4

DAILY HIGH

454'0

ZCK6

LAST YEAR VALUE

472'0

YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGE

-4.18%

ZCK5

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