USDA's weekly export sales report is due out at 7:30 a.m. CDT Thursday, the same time as weekly U.S. jobless claims, U.S. second-quarter GDP, U.S. durable goods orders and the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor. The Energy Department's weekly report of natural gas storage is at 9:30 a.m. USDA's monthly cold storage report and quarterly hogs and pigs report will be out at 2 p.m.
Weather
Hurricane Helene has strengthened since Wednesday and should continue to do so throughout the day Thursday as it heads north through the Gulf of Mexico. It may become a Category 3 storm, or major hurricane, before landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida by Thursday evening. Rain bands from Helene have already been moving through Florida and the storm will be interacting with a front and upper-level low in the region to produce heavy rain for the Southeast throughout the day.