* Flurry of export sales pushes corn and soy higher * Brisk pace of US harvest is limiting price rally * Wheat futures up on spillover support from corn (Updates with settlement prices) By Heather Schlitz CHICAGO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Chicago soybean and corn futures turned higher on Tuesday as a flurry of export sales helped stem market pressure...

02:15 PM EDT, 10/21/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes were mostly lower after midday Monday as investors awaited the latest financial results from major companies due later in the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.7% at 42,966.3 intraday, while the S&P 500 fell 0.3% to 5,848.9. The Nasdaq Composite was little changed at 18,495.5. Among...

02:31 PM EDT, 10/21/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Cigna ( CI ) is continuing merger talks with Humana (HUM) after such discussions fell apart last year, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Shares of Cigna ( CI ) retreated 4.5% as intraday trading volume jumped to over 2.8 million from a daily average of roughly 1.2 million. Lufax Holding ( LU ) shares...

04:26 PM EDT, 10/21/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The Toronto Stock Exchange fell off a record high on Monday, dropping the first time in four sessions ahead of this week's expected cut to interest rates from the Bank of Canada and the start of the third-quarter corporate reporting season. The S&P/TSX Composite Index close down 99.21 points to 24,723.33, down from...