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Friday morning's export sales report was considered highly supportive but the reaction was rather subdued due to light holiday trade volume.
Wheat futures weakened into the close on Friday to post slight losses for the week.
Wheat futures favored a firmer tone in light and choppy trade Monday and finished slightly higher.
December Chicago wheat exploded higher midday on Friday and the strength carried on throughout the day after a bullish Quarterly Stocks report and due to a limit higher corn market.
houghts that international demand for wheat is beginning to pick up and a sharply lower US Dollar added to the supportive tone on Thursday.
Heavy spillover from outside markets triggered selling pressure in wheat futures on Thursday.
Wheat found support from sharply higher corn market after weather forecasts show temperatures are expected to reach 95-105 degrees in much of mid-west into next week; increasing stress on crops.
With a bearish tone to outside market forces on Tuesday, the wheat market did not see too much selling as traders see more short-covering ahead of the USDA Crop Production and supply/demand reports for Thursday.
Weakness in outside market forces and a further sell-off in the other grains plus a sharp break in crude oil and the stock market helped to pressure the market into the mid-session on Friday.
The break in the US dollar and some growing concerns for dryness in Western Europe helped to support a bounce early in the session for wheat. Then fund trader short-covering helped drive the market sharply higher into wheat's mid-session.