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The DOE/EIA retail diesel benchmark fell for a ninth straight week to $4.909 a gallon. Meanwhile ULSD futures on CME rose in nine of the previous ten sessions, reaching $3.7762, as crude and gasoline fell.
Rising futures diesel while retail falls suggests that fuel surcharges may soon turn higher. Diesel moves in turn affect feed freight costs.
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Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.