ICE Canadian canola futures snapped a six-day winning streak on Tuesday as speculators took profits and harvest weather looked to improve, traders said. Commercial hedges also weighed with farmers selling into cash market-trader. Mostly dry conditions for Canadian Prairies Thursday through Saturday as farmers look to accelerate harvest.
Spillover pressure seen from CBOT futures, with wheat, corn and soybeans lower. November closed down $3.80 at $473.20 a tonne, on volume of 10,401 contracts. January down $3.50 at $477.50, volume 3,972. November-January spread traded 3,409 times, settling at $4.30 premium January.
November soybeans, ended down 4-1/2 US cents at US $10.80 per bushel. Soy influences canola because of common edible oil market. The Canadian dollar was trading at $1.0306 to the US dollar, or 97.03 US cents as of 1:01 pm CDT (1801 GMT), down from Monday's close at $1.0293 to the US dollar, or 97.15 US cents. Light crude oil futures, linked to canola through their use in biofuels, down US $1.26 at US $73.60 per barrel.
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