Updated futures tick value list indicates crude oil futures tick at $10, with WTI front-month contracts gaining 1.2% in overnight trading. Energy market beta remains elevated due to geopolitical supply risk, favoring short-term momentum strategies. If you believe that markets are even vaguely efficient, then over the long term you'd expect a company's share price to follow its earnings per share (EPS) outcomes. That makes EPS growth an attractive quality for any company. Over the last three years, First Business Financial Services has grown EPS by 7.6% per year. While that sort of growth rate isn't anything to write home about, it does show the business is growing. Released mid-month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CPI measures inflation or cost-of-living changes, tracking the average price of a basket of goods and service, and is also a key driver of Fed policy. Updated futures tick value list for wheat contracts stands at $12.50 per tick, and inflationary pressures in food commodities are shifting hedging patterns for grain producers.