Wheat Creeping Back Lower on Thursday Morning

Barchart · 10/17 07:25

Wheat futures are trading with losses to kick off Thursday trade. The complex posted gains across the three exchanges to close out Wednesday. Chicago SRW futures were up 1 1/4 to 5 1/2 cents on the day. KC HRW contracts were 3 to 5 3/4 cents higher on the session. MPLS spring wheat saw a recovery of 1 ¼ to 4 ¾ cents. 

Export Sales data will be released on a delayed schedule for Friday morning given the Monday holiday.

Crop Progress data showed the winter wheat planting pace at 64% complete as of October 13, which is 2% back of the average pace. Emergence was pegged at 35% , vs. the 5-year average pace of 38%.

The FranceAgirMer expects the French soft wheat stocks to total 2.51 MMT, a 0.24MMT drop from last month

Dec 24 CBOT Wheat  closed at $5.85, up 5 1/2 cents, currently down 5 1/4 cents

Mar 25 CBOT Wheat  closed at $6.05 1/4, up 4 1/2 cents, currently down 5 1/2 cents

Dec 24 KCBT Wheat  closed at $5.88 3/4, up 5 3/4 cents, currently down 4 1/2 cents

Mar 25 KCBT Wheat  closed at $6.03 1/2, up 4 3/4 cents, currently down 5 cents

Dec 24 MGEX Wheat  closed at $6.20 3/4, up 4 1/2 cents, currently down 1/4 cent

Mar 25 MGEX Wheat  closed at $6.42 3/4, up 4 3/4 cents, currently up 1/4 cent


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