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PM Post - Range Bound Amid the Negative

THE OPEN November beans: 1 higher December meal;  2.30 higher December soyoil:  32 lower December corn:  3/4 higher September wheat:  6 3/4 lower The markets opened as expected with the grains generally weaker vs. higher beans and meal.  Good weather was the main feature weighing on corn and beans.   Wheat futures became the sell-leg of inter-market spreads.  Oilshare was lower as traders bought meal/sold soyoil. At 10:00 export inspections were released as follows: beans:  472,680 mt vs. 454,19 mt week ago corn:  797,487 mt vs. 1,175,910 mt week ago wheat:  544,010 mt vs. 512,305 mt week ago Export inspections for both corn and beans came in lower than trade expectations, ad...

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