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Agriculture futures trade mostly lower on CBOT (AP via Yahoo! News)
Agriculture futures mostly traded lower Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Food Futures: Corn, soybeans fall on weather concerns, wheat up (Market Watch)
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Corn futures tumbled nearly 4% on Thursday and soybeans also moved lower, as concerns continued that favorable weather will boost production. Meanwhile, wheat futures rose to close near $8 a bushel.

S&P 500 futures drop after GM posts big loss (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
S&P 500 stock index futures fell on Friday, indicating a flat to lower Wall Street open, after General Motors Corp posted a $15.5 billion second-quarter loss, heightening concerns about the economy and fallout from the credit crisis.

Futures Movers: Oil ends above $125, up 1.5% for the week on Iran nuclear fears (Market Watch)
Crude-oil futures finish higher with a gain of 1.5% for the week, as fresh concerns over a possible Israeli strike on Iran and weakness in the U.S. stock market prompt investors to lift oil prices to close above $125 per barrel.

Futures mixed on jobs caution, GM loss (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.S. stock futures pointed to a flat open on Friday on investor caution ahead of a key jobs report for July and news that General Motors posted a hefty quarterly loss.

U.S. Stock Futures Rise as Government Reports Smaller Jobs Loss (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures rose after the government said employers cut fewer jobs than economists forecast in July.

Futures rise after better-than-expected jobs data (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Stock futures rose on Friday after a government report showed U.S. employers cutting payrolls less severely than predicted.

U.S. Stock Futures Rise as Government Reports Smaller Jobs Loss (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures rose after the government said employers cut fewer jobs than economists forecast in July and the price of oil extended its biggest monthly decline since 2004.

Oil prices jump nearly $3 after gas futures spike (AP via Yahoo! News)
Oil prices jumped almost $3 a barrel Friday, erasing losses from the previous session after a rally in gasoline futures and a drop on Wall Street drew investors back into energy markets.

Agriculture futures trade mostly lower on CBOT (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Agriculture futures mostly traded lower Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for September delivery rose 10.25 cents to $7.94 a bushel; December corn fell 22.5 cents to $5.85 a bushel; December oats dropped 9.5 cents to $3.875 a bushel; November soybeans declined 39 cents to $13.65 a bushel.