THE OPEN Jan beans: 11 lower Jan meal: 2.30 lower Jan soyoil: 60 lower March corn: 2 lower March wheat: 6 3/4 lower The market opened into weakness with more negative technical signals arising that led to a better round of long liquidation. Beans traded weaker than corn, as there have not been any signs of Chinese business. Rumors of cancellations are old news, but negative in terms of bean psychology. Macro markets leaned negative as well, with equities turning sharply lower and the US dollar trading to 2 ½-year lows. At 10:00 export inspections were released as follows: corn: 890,033 mt vs. 832,882 mt week ago (vs. an expected 850,000 mt) beans: 2,036,...
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