Overnight futures markets:
Mixed for grains, lower for oilseeds.
- CBOT wheat up 1.5c to 418.25c,
- Kansas wheat up 2c to 418.25c,
- Corn down -0.5c to 348.5c,
- Soybean down -11.75c to 978.75c,
- Winnipeg canola down -4.69$C to 494$C,
- Matif canola down -0.75€ to 358€.
- The Dow Jones down -54.20 to 24531.23,
- Crude Oil up 0.46c to 57.07$,
- AUD up to 0.767c,
- CAD down to 1.275c, (AUDCAD 0.978)
- EUR was down to 1.178c (AUDEUR 0.650).
Wheat
Corn
Corn finished fractions lower in another session, featuring a dismal range at 2.75 cents. Weekly export sales were lower than expectations at 866,000t which is slightly lower than last week’s figures and 42pc below this time last year. The improved South American forecast is adding weight, which is seeing funds flow out of corn into other commodities.
Soybeans
Beans broke ground again last night, pushing to and settling right on technical support at 967. The forecast in for Brazil and Argentina remains wet and is helping to reduce risk premiums in their crop production. Soymeal was $3.40/t lower, while oil was down 19 points. Weekly sales scraped in on the lower end expectations at 1.42 million tonnes (Mt), which was down 28pc on last week. Looking forward we have a NOPA crush report out tonight, which may be the next fundamental driver.
Canola
Australia
The Aussie weather forecast has some good rains penciled in for Northern NSW, which will support sorghum production there. Western SA still has 15-25mm forecast in areas that have endured constant harvest delays. Cash markets are quiet; the Aussie dollar is not helping, having rallied over 100 points in two sessions.
Source: Lachstock Consulting
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