Wheat Ends Firmer on Thursday
Nearby wheat prices gave back all of their initial gains and flipped net red through Thursday’s midday. The afternoon action firmed the board back up, to finish the day 1 ¾ to 2 cents higher in Chicago, 1 ¼ to 2 ½ cents higher in KC, and fractionally to 1 ½ cents higher in Minneapolis.
USDA’s FAS reported 176k MT of wheat was sold for export during the week that ended 3/14. Of that, old crop bookings were a net reduction of 109k MT, including a known 264k MT cancellation from China, while new crop bookings were 286k MT. The new crop sales were above estimates and brought the forward book to 803k MT, or 20% ahead of forward sales at the same time last year. Old crop commitments remain 3% ahead of last year’s pace with 18.4 MMT on the books.
Japan booked 221k MT of wheat via a regular tender, with 113k MT U.S. specific.
May 24 CBOT Wheat closed at $5.46 3/4, up 1 3/4 cents,
Jul 24 CBOT Wheat closed at $5.62, up 1 3/4 cents,
May 24 KCBT Wheat closed at $5.81 3/4, up 1 1/4 cents,
Jul 24 KCBT Wheat closed at $5.75 1/2, up 1 3/4 cents,
May 24 MGEX Wheat closed at $6.56 1/2, up 1 1/2 cents,
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