Corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade were up sharply on Wednesday following an abrupt rally in crude oil markets, traders said. Traders said the corn market rallied as crude oil abruptly surged following the release of a US government report showing a surprising drawdown of US crude oil stocks.
At 10:34 am CDT (1534 GMT), CBOT corn was up 2 to 6-1/4 cents per bushel, with December up 6-1/4 at $3.76-1/2 per bushel. Key resistance for the December contract at its 200-day moving average of $3.74-1/2 per bushel was broken, driving the contract to a session high of $3.78 and the nine-day relative strength index closed on Tuesday at 58. Oat futures were up 1/4 to 2 cents per bushel, with December up 1 at $2.84 per bushel.