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___ Senators reach deal on resuming payments to health insurers WASHINGTON (AP) — Key senators have reached a breakthrough deal on resuming federal payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump has blocked.

Business Highlights

___ Senators reach deal on resuming payments to health insurers WASHINGTON (AP) — Key senators have reached a breakthrough deal on resuming federal payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump has blocked.

Grain mostly higher,livestock lower

Wheat for Dec. was off 3 cents at 4.3650 a bushel; Dec. corn rose 2.25 cents at 3.5050 a bushel; Dec. oats was lost 7.25 cents at $2.6675 bushel; while Nov. soybeans declined 9.25 cents at $9.91 a bushel.

Grain mostly higher,livestock lower

Wheat for Dec. was off 3 cents at 4.3650 a bushel; Dec. corn rose 2.25 cents at 3.5050 a bushel; Dec. oats was lost 7.25 cents at $2.6675 bushel; while Nov. soybeans declined 9.25 cents at $9.91 a bushel.

Oil steady as U.S. output gains offset Middle East tensions

Oil prices ended little changed on Tuesday, steadying after earlier gains and losses, as expectations of high U.S. production and exports offset concerns that fighting between Iraqi and Kurdish forces could threaten the country's crude output.

Oil jumps 1%; fighting shuts output in Iraq's Kirkuk

Oil prices jumped 1 percent on Monday as Iraqi forces entered the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, taking territory from Kurdish fighters and briefly cutting some crude output from OPEC's second-largest producer.