Producers of metals and other raw materials were flat as traders bet the sector would benefit from inflation pressures.
Corn futures rose after the Biden administration said it would allow high-ethanol content gasoline to be sold in the hot summer months, in a bid to slow increases in gasoline prices.
Grain giant Archer Daniels Midland plans to invest roughly $300 million to significantly expand its Decatur, Ill., alternative protein production.
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