Archive for the January 2, 2018
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Front-month Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures drifted lower Friday in thin technical trade but recorded a yearly rise of nearly 5 percent, halting a four-year slide tied to persistently large global inventories. The spot
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Basis bids for corn and soyabeans shipped by barge to the US Gulf Coast were higher for the third straight session on Friday amid worries that vessel traffic will slow next week on the icy
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Front-month soyabean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade rose Friday on short-covering ahead of a long holiday weekend on strength in soyaoil, but posted a yearly decline about 4 percent, reflecting bumper US and
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European wheat futures ended 2017 with a fifth straight annual loss due to abundant world supplies, notably in major competitor Russia, and after a strong euro hampered export demand this season. Front-month March milling wheat
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US natural gas futures rose on Friday, notching the biggest weekly gain in a year as surprisingly frigid winter temperatures boosted heating demand, but record gas production this year pressured futures into an annual decline
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Prices hit fresh high on the cotton market on Monday as the ginners were not interested in new selling in expectations of further rise in the rates, dealers said. The official spot rate picked up
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Spot basis bids for hard red winter (HRW) wheat on Friday in the southern US Plains were unchanged and tranquil leading into the three-day New Year's holiday weekend, dealers said. The Chicago Board of Trade's
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Rains in December have helped the development of Brazil's 2018/19 arabica coffee crop in all producing regions surveyed by research center Cepea, following dry weather in certain areas, according to a statement on Tuesday. In
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The front Chicago Board of Trade corn futures contract settled on Friday at $3.50-3/4 per bushel, nearly unchanged from its end-2016 close of $3.52 as plentiful US and global supplies hung over the market, capping
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ICE Canada canola was narrowly higher on Friday, rebounding from an earlier six-month low on end-of-year positioning and commercial demand, traders said. For the year, canola on a continuous chart declined about 3.3 percent, the
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