🗞️ Week in Review — Sept 21–25, 2026
It was an Iran-headline, Fed-decision week: crude whipsawed on diplomacy hopes, natural gas broke out on tight late-summer storage, and the grain complex chopped in the crossfire.
Here's the week's board, told through the five editions readers opened most.
This Week's Five, Ranked by Readers
🔥 #1 — Natural Gas Jumps 4% as Grains and Crude Retreat (Sept 22)
The week's most-opened edition. HRW wheat dropped 1.67% and corn slipped 1.15% on profit-taking while crude shed 2% on Iran diplomacy hopes — nat gas broke from the pack and grabbed the week's attention.
🌽 #2 — Corn Rallies 2.9% as Crude Craters on Iran Hopes (Sept 21)
A reader favorite. Soybeans added 1.9% and all three wheat boards firmed on rain-delayed harvest, while gold and silver eased as oil's risk premium faded.
🥈 #3 — Silver Slides 2.35% as Crude Snaps Losing Streak on Iran Talks (Sept 23)
Gold fell 1.33% on a firmer dollar and hawkish Fed talk, WTI jumped to $92.16 on Iran diplomacy, and grains retreated on profit-taking.
⚡ #4 — Natural Gas Surges 6.9% on Late-Summer Heat, Tight Storage (Sept 24)
WTI crude climbed 2.7% on lingering Iran-war risk, silver slid 1.5% as the Fed's hawkish dollar bit, and canola ticked higher on crude's lift.
🛢️ #5 — Crude Drops 2.3% on Iran Talks as Nat Gas Tumbles 4% (Sept 25)
Grains eased on soft export demand as HRS wheat led losses; silver climbed 1.25% and gold ticked up on Fed rate bets.
The Week in One Line
The Iran diplomacy headline ran the board all week, every crude swing traced back to war-risk-on, war-risk-off.
Natural gas was the week's breakout, posting back-to-back sharp moves on late-summer heat and tight storage.
The Fed's rate decision rippled into the dollar and kept gold and silver choppy through Friday's close.
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Track this week's dominant movers: Natural Gas, WTI Crude, and Wheat.