Crude oil prices rose as vaccine rollouts bolstered the economic outlook and US fuel stocks fell sharply, although gains were capped by a surge in crude oil inventories after last month's Texas storm.
The USDA only minimally trimmed its US end-of-season stocks outlook and raised its export forecast by less than many traders had anticipated following record-large sales to China.
The Russian government on Monday approved a formula-based export tax system for wheat, corn and barley that is designed to help combat domestic food price inflation.
On the daily chart, the drop triggered by the key resistance at 3,856 ringgit looks so decent that it suggests a completion the wave C from 2,691 ringgit.
Argentine soybean and corn fields have benefited from recent rain, with more showers expected that could slowly improve crop yields after they were threatened by dry weather earlier in the season, local climate experts said on Thursday.
The South American grains powerhouse is a major international corn, soybean and wheat supplier as well as the world's top exports of soymeal livestock feed.
The uptrend from $1.2040 looks incomplete. It seems to have adopted an impulsive wave mode. A small triangle is contracting to a point. It is a bullish continuation pattern.
Since last week no soybean trucks have entered terminals at the country's main grains hub of Rosario, from which about 80% of Argentina's farm exports are shipped.
The resistance is identified as the 176.4% projection level of an upward wave 3 from $4.20-1/2. This wave is expected to travel into a range of $4.45-1/2 to $4.47-3/4.
The third wave labelled c is expected to travel into a range of $5.99-1/4 to $6.02-1/4. A break above $6.11 could lead to a gain into $6.14-3/4 to $6.18 range.
Deliveries up to March 2021 were thought to have been bought at a premium over soymeal futures equating to an outright price of about $475 a tonne for shipment to the south of the country.