The wheat complex posted gains in the winter wheat contracts on Thursday, with spring wheat lower. Chicago SRW futures posted 2 to 3 cent gains at the close. KC HRW futures were up 4 to 5 cents, with in delivery December leading the way. MPLS spring wheat was down 3 to 4 cents in the front months.
USDA released Export Sales data for the week ending on October 31 this morning, showing 505,415 MT of wheat sold int that week. That was in the middle of traders looking for between 250,000 and 650,000 MT and was a 3-week high for bookings.
Canadian wheat production was updated to 39.96 MMT in this morning’s Statistics Canada report, That was a 3.3 MMT increase from the September total and above estimates at 38.49 MMT. Spring wheat was pegged at 29.26 MMT, up 10.3% from last year.
Dec 25 CBOT Wheat closed at $5.41, up 3 1/4 cents,
Mar 26 CBOT Wheat closed at $5.40 1/4, up 2 cents,
Dec 25 KCBT Wheat closed at $5.29 1/2, up 8 1/2 cents,
Mar 26 KCBT Wheat closed at $5.34, up 4 1/2 cents,
Dec 25 MGEX Wheat closed at $5.82 1/2, unch,
Mar 26 MGEX Wheat closed at $5.73, down 3 1/4 cents,
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