BOHO spread narrows amid losses in soy oil, heating oil futures
The soybean oil/heating oil (BOHO) futures spread narrowed in the week to Monday August 5 amid losses in soybean...
There were grumblings in the US hide market in the week ended Friday August 2 about a packer that offloaded a large volume of cured hides at discounted prices into Asia, as well as buyers that walked away from sellers’ counters to low bids.
Also, market participants were increasingly concerned about leather demand amid recent reports of a bearish macroeconomic environment.
The US Labor Department reported that job growth slowed in July, and unemployment reached 4.3%, the highest level since Octo...