05/26/2025 Monday Market Preview

We honor those who sacrificed their lives in service of our country on this Memorial Day. The market is closed for the holiday before grain futures open again tonight at 7 pm central for the Tuesday session. Grains look to start with a firmer tone to price in a drier forecast and optimism over new trade deals coming soon. In the Headlines Russia launched its most aggressive aerial attacks of the war against Ukraine this weekend, drawing the ire of President Trump, who posted that Vladimir Putin “has gone absolutely CRAZY.” The European Union was granted a one month extension on the previous June 1st deadline for 50 percent tariffs against the trade bloc. President Trump spoke with the European Commission president on Saturday and agreed to extend negotiations. Trump is reportedly pushing for a large European company to agree to making major investments in the U.S. The short holiday week has a busy economic calendar, including a revision of the first quarter GDP data, which came in negative on its initial reading. Friday morning will feature the personal consumption expenditures report that traders view to be the Federal Reserve Bank’s preferred measure of inflation. Before then, on Wednesday, Nvidia…