🗞️ Week in Review — Sept 28–Oct 2, 2026
It was a push-and-pull week: crude oil topped $92 then slid back to $91, natural gas caught a cold-snap bid, gold and silver whipsawed on a bond-yield spike to a 19-year high, and corn took its hardest single-day hit in weeks on a surprise USDA stocks number.
Here's the week's board, told through the five editions readers opened most.
This Week's Five, Ranked by Readers
🔥 #1 — Crude and Nat Gas Both Skid 3% as Mideast Exports Rebound (Sept 29)
The week's most-opened edition. Canola bounced 1.8% right into a level flagged earlier in the week, gold nudged higher, and silver slipped as the metals split.
🪙 #2 — Gold, Silver Sink as Bond Yields Spike to 19-Year High (Sept 28)
A reader favourite. Corn, soybeans, and canola slid with the risk-off mood while WTI edged up on Hormuz tension and natural gas tumbled 3.7%.
🌽 #3 — Corn Craters 4% on Surprise USDA Stocks Shock (Sept 30)
Dec corn settled at 500.75, down 4.07% (21¼ cents), after USDA's September 1 stocks number came in well above the trade guess.
🛢️ #4 — Crude Tops $92 as Canola Gives Back Its Bounce (Oct 1)
WTI held above $92 for a second straight session as canola gave back its bounce, natural gas eased 1.95%, and oats slipped 1.91%.
⚡ #5 — Crude Slides to $91 as Nat Gas Jumps on Cold Snap Bets (Oct 2)
Soybean meal dropped 1.64% as oil firmed 1.84% on the crush split, corn extended its post-USDA slide, and gold dipped below $4,170 an ounce.
The Week in One Line
Crude and natural gas traded in opposite directions most of the week — oil topped $92 on Middle East risk before cold-snap bets flipped gas higher and pulled crude back to $91.
Corn took the week's hardest single-day hit, down over 4% after a surprise USDA stocks figure beat the trade guess.
Gold and silver stayed choppy from the jump, rattled early by a bond-yield spike to a 19-year high before clawing back some ground.
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Track this week's dominant movers: Natural Gas, WTI Crude, and Canola.