Spot Silver Soars at Open, Breaks Above $83/oz in Violent Rally, Extending Year-to-Date Gains to $52

The S&P 500 index closed flat initially, with the consumer staples sector down 1.2%, the consumer discretionary sector down 1%, the technology sector up 0.9%, the industrials sector up 1%, and the energy sector up 1.8%.

Bryan Armstrong says cryptocurrency is driving global access to capital and investment

Chicago wheat futures fell about 2.6%, soybean meal dropped 2.5%, and soybean oil rose over 1.3%.

Eli Lilly's Chief Financial Officer recently stated that its oral GLP-1 receptor agonist Orforglipron could enter the US market as early as the second quarter of this year, following expected regulatory approval in April.