Thursday, May 22, 2014

FC Morning Market Commentary

July soybean futures made new contract highs last night (technically they were made early this morning) and November beans are now at their highest price in almost a year… and there really isn’t a whole lot of new fundamental news that can be credited (blamed).  The markets actually opened lower last night before turning higher later on – appearing to simply follow a higher move in Asian markets that pushed the funds into “buy mode”.  I think with a 3-day weekend coming up  (which some will try to turn into a 4-day weekend) and a general feeling of tightness in old crop U.S. soybeans (as evidenced by basis levels that continue to creep higher) the market just found support.

At 7:30 this morning, the export sales report was out and it also injected friendly news into soybeans (we still haven’t received our needed cancellations), pulling them an additional 5-10c higher asap after release - and it was neutral/friendly to corn as well.  Details below in chart (in MT).


Opening Calls
Corn 3 to 6 cents higher
Soybeans 18 to 25 cents higher
Dustin Weiner 
Have a great day!

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