THE OPEN July beans: 24 higher July meal: 4.50 higher July soyoil: 120 pts higher July corn: 14 higher July wheat: 6 higher The market opened as called with profit-taking and active index fund rolling taking place. Wheat futures turned lower from higher, having never really joined the rally. Ultimately declining July open interest weighed on spreads and brought some pressure to flat-priced trade as well. At 10:00 export inspections were released as follows: Corn: 1,413,073 mt vs. 2,104,363 mt week ago (vs. an expected 1.8 mt) Wheat: 418,547 mt vs. 260,288 mt week ago (vs. an expected 340,000 mt) Beans: 237,108 mt vs. 194,131 mt week ago (vs. an expected 200,000 mt) Corn export inspe...
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