The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index is due out at 9 a.m. CDT Friday and is the only official report of the day. Traders will do their usual thing of checking out the latest weather forecasts and pausing at 8 a.m. to see if USDA has another export sale to report.
Weather
Showers continue in association with the remnants of Nicholas across the Delta and Southeast, producing some locally heavy rainfall that could damage cotton and soybeans. Showers across the Central Plains into the Midwest will continue to wane this morning and be less severe along a front later today.