The CBOT marked another day of choppy, low-liquidity trading with old crop corn and wheat futures moving lower while soyoil and soybeans traded higher. New crop wheat posted 15-20 cent gains as traders are increasingly nervous about the risks (that WPI noted weeks ago) that the prolonged war in Ukraine will threaten the country’s winter wheat harvest. For the day, however, markets mostly marked time on their charts with limited follow through on rallies or breaks. For the day, funds were net sellers and shed 6,000 contracts of wheat, 14,000 contracts of corn, and 7,000 contracts of soymeal. Funds did, however, add 6,000 contracts of soyoil longs and bought 5,000 contracts of soybeans. WPI notes that one dynamic making th...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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