ICE Canadian canola futures ended mixed on Thursday, with ample cash supplies weakening the nearby contract. Concerns about a truckers' strike in Brazil pushed up soybean prices, and the support spilled over to canola's deferred months. March canola dropped $3.50 to $455 per tonne. Most-active May canola added 60 cents to $463.40 per tonne.
March-May spread traded 5,720 times, ahead of the March delivery period starting next week. Chicago Board of Trade March soybeans jumped 16-1/4 US cents at US $10.24 per bushel. Malaysian April palm oil and NYSE Liffe Paris May rapeseed rose. The Canadian dollar was trading at $1.2522, or 79.86 US cents, at 1:10 pm CST (1910 GMT), down from Wednesday's finish at $1.2423 to the US dollar, or 80.50 US cents.
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