Early Friday, traders will be checking to see if there is anything new regarding the tentative agreement between rail companies and workers. The latest weather forecasts will also be checked for the possibilities of rain next week in the southwestern U.S. Plains. At 9 a.m. CDT, the University of Michigan will report on U.S. consumer sentiment and USDA's Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook will be out at 1 p.m.
Weather
A disturbance from Thursday continues with some showers from Kansas into Minnesota Friday morning. Another system will move from the central Rockies into the Central and Northern Plains late in the day and produce another smattering of scattered showers from Kansas northward late today and tonight. Most of the rest of the country will remain dry with above-normal temperatures, heavily influenced by warm lows this morning.