As of Jan. 2, money managers’ net short in CBOT soybean oil futures and options was the largest since June 2019 at 50,554 contracts, up slightly on the week.

The CBOT’s rank and file was asked the narrow question of whether to acquire the 327 S. LaSalle St. building, which is owned by Hirsch Klaff Associates, for $24 million.

In CBOT soybeans, they shed about 44 million bushels, bringing their net long to the equivalent of 772 million bushels or 154,413 futures and options contracts.

The Chicago Board of Trade is moving forward with an initial public offering of up to $260 million in stock, as consolidation sweeps the financial markets and revives talk of a merger between the ...

The CBOT was traditionally an agricultural futures market, before adding financial futures in the 1970s. Today, the CBOT also offers trading in precious metals, government debt, and energy stocks.