After the Bell
Selling was featured across the grain and soy complexes to end the week, though corn and soybeans were able to notch modest weekly gains, while wheat futures marked contract lows.
Corn and soybean futures notched gains, while wheat consolidated lower amid lingering technical pressure.
Corn futures edged higher for the third straight session, though earlier gains across the grain and soy complexes faded as the U.S. dollar rose from its mid-morning low.
Technical headwinds and U.S. dollar strength weighed on wheat futures, which pulled corn and soybeans from intraday highs.
Corn faced corrective selling following two days of gains, while soybeans ended the session modestly higher.
Corn and wheat posted modest short-covering gains at midweek, which stemmed from U.S. dollar weakness and a rally in crude oil futures. Soybeans ended mostly lower; seemingly caught in the crossfire of apparent spread trading in derivatives.
Corn and soybean futures posted modest corrective gains, while wheat edged lower amid technical selling.
Corn futures ended the session higher following a surprise cut to ending stocks in USDA’s supply and demand data today, while soybeans and wheat extended recent selling efforts.
U.S. dollar weakness, in the wake of a lower June CPI reading, spurred modest short-covering ahead of USDA’s supply and demand update on Friday.