Corn Dec '21 (ZCZ21)
Corn Futures Market News and Commentary
Corn futures rounded out the week in rally mode, as contracts were up 5 to 11 ¼ cents across the board on Friday September rallied 20 cents on the week with December up 21 ¼ cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 11 3/4 cents at $4.30.
Continued spillover support from a wheat-led rally on rising Black Sea tensions has helped to extend corn’s bounce into the weekend.
Weekly CFTC data tallied managed money spec traders in corn futures and options at a net long of 166,770 contracts by 8/11. That was a 15,176 contracts reduction on the week, mainly coming from new short interest.
Export Sales data has old crop corn sales at 87.503 MMT, which is 104% of the USDA number and ahead of the last few years’ pace. Accumulated shipments are 80.066 MMT, or 95% of the USDA export projection. New crop corn sales are now down 23.5% below the same period last year at 10.575 MMT.
Sep 26 Corn closed at $4.59, up 11 cents,
Nearby Cash was $4.30, up... Read more
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