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Good evening and welcome to Markets Desk, your end-of-week rundown on the stories moving the needle.
The State Department escalated pressure on Beijing Friday, imposing sanctions on Chinese companies accused of supplying satellite imagery to Iran — intelligence that allegedly enabled Tehran to strike American forces in the Middle East. The move signals Washington is tightening the net on third-party actors enabling Iranian military operations, adding fresh geopolitical weight to an already fragile US-China relationship.
Turning to commodities, lean hog futures closed the week on uneven footing, with contracts ranging from down seventy-five cents to up sixty-seven cents across the board. June contracts took the hardest hit, shedding two dollars and sixty-five cents on the week. The USDA's national base hog price did find some afternoon relief, settling at ninety-three dollars and seventy-seven cents, up three dollars and seven cents from Thursday's reading.
And on the political front, Republican strategist Brittany Martinez weighed in on the Indiana primary results, where Trump-backed candidates claimed victory — raising fresh questions about whether Trump critic Thomas Massie could face a serious primary challenge. The Indiana results reinforce the former president's continued grip on the Republican base heading deeper into the primary season.
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