Corn Mini Dec '25 (XNZ25)
Corn Mini Futures Market News and Commentary
Corn futures closed the Friday session with contracts 1 to 2 cents higher, as July was up 7 ½ cents this week. December firmed up 5 ½ cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up a penny to $4.23 1/2. The CBoT will be closed on Monday for Memorial Day, with the Tuesday session showing a normal open.
A couple private export sale announcements were reported this morning, with 493,700 MT to Mexico (225,000 MT for 25/26 and 268,700 MT for 26/27) and 110,000 MT to unknown (50,000 for 25/26 and 60,000 MT for 26/27).
The weekly CFTC update from Friday showed managed money trimming back their net long by 6,129 contracts in the week ending on 5/19. That took their net long position in corn futures and options to 293,354 contracts.
USDA’s Export Sales data showed 79.873 MMT of corn sold for export for the 2025/26 marketing year (shipped or unshipped), which is 26% above the same period last year. That is 95% of the USDA export number and near the 96% average... Read more
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