European wheat futures traded slightly lower Wednesday on minimal activity as the calendar nears year end. "There's no fresh fundamental news, it's always a difficult time of year , because volumes »
CBOT soy futures are weaker in early trade as a stronger dollar weighs. Analysts say that good South American weather and prospects for a strong crop there are bearish, although for now the U.S. continues to see good export demand from China. »
Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform were trading at a weaker price level at midday with much of the downward price momentum a reflection of the losses experienced by CBOT soybean and soyoil values, market watchers said. »
Crude futures fell Wednesday after U.S. oil inventories grew across most of the country. Light, sweet crude for February delivery recently traded 19 cents, or 0.2%, lower at $78.68 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. »
CBOT corn futures are lower in early action as a stronger dollar weighs. In addition to the dollar, crude oil is weaker and the market lacks its own fundamental strength to extend »
Liffe robusta coffee futures trade slightly higher with the majority of activity focused on spreads in the lead up to January's expiry. Outright trade is minimal with January pushing »
US crude oil stocks fell 1.5 mln bbls, while refiners lifted operations by 0.3 percentage point, in the week ended Dec 25, EIA data show. Gasoline stocks fell 300,000 bbls, while distillates stocks dropped 2 mln bbls. Analysts surveyed by »
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The drive for new revenue and cost savings by Brazil's sugar and ethanol mills has sparked a growing interest in bioelectricity production. The waste residue from sugarcane production, called bagasse, can be burned to generate energy to »
Domestic basis premiums had strengthened for nearly every class of U.S. cash grain--except grain sorghum--Wednesday. Daily average basis levels had firmed by 1/2 cent per bushel for soybeans/hard red winter wheat and »
Cold and snow in the central U.S., possible cold-weather stress to Southern Plains wheat, brief hot weather in Brazil, periodic shower chances for Argentina, beneficial South Africa rainfall, and a mixed outlook for Ukraine wheat areas are the main weather items for the commodity »
Grain and oilseed futures at the ICE Canada Futures market are mixed at 9:18 a.m. EST Wednesday with canola undermined by the weak tone in Chicago Board of Trade soy complex futures, brokers said. »
Gold futures are softer early Wednesday as traders continue recent selling to square up positions ahead of the approaching end of the quarter and year and also in response to an uptick in the U.S. dollar. Around 9:07 a.m. EST (1407 GMT), most-active February gold was down »
Kazakhstan harvested 20.8 million metric tons of grain in clean weight this year, compared with 15.6 million tons in 2008, the state statistics agency said Wednesday. The wheat harvest this year was 17 million tons. »
Chicago Board of Trade soybeans are expected to open lower Wednesday as the market retreats following Tuesday's gains, with a stronger dollar weighing. Soybeans are called 5 to 7 cents lower. In overnight trade, January soybeans were down 7 3/4 cents »
Year-end positioning is expected to carry U.S. wheat futures higher early Wednesday in choppy, thin trading. Chicago Board of Trade March wheat is called to open 2 cents to 4 cents per bushel higher. In overnight electronic trading, CBOT March wheat rose 3 1/2 cents at $5.44 1/2. »
Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 348,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China so far during the 2009/2010 marketing year, the USDA said Wednesday. »
Chicago Board of Trade corn futures are expected to open slightly weaker Wednesday amid pressure from a stronger dollar, but two-sided trade is expected. Corn is called 1 to 2 cents lower. In overnight trade, March corn was down 1 3/4 cents to $4.15 1/4 »
Crude futures were nearly unchanged Wednesday as traders weighed expectations of declines in U.S. oil inventories against preliminary data showing the opposite. Light, sweet crude for February delivery recently traded 3 cents lower at $78.84 »
CBOT grain and soybean futures were mostly lower overnight as choppy trading continued ahead of the end of the year. Corn and soybeans stumbled, "following the lead of much of the rest of the commodity world as the »
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