(Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, the economic data, and the headline were updated in the story.) U.S. stock futures declined on Wednesday following Tuesday’s mixed close.

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Soybeans were higher on Wednesday morning with double digit gains. Jamie Gieseke with Paradigm Futures says soybeans were getting a push from South American weather. Hot dry conditions have persisted in Argentina but the emerging story is FOB values in ...