Wheat is trading with Thursday morning losses across the three markets. The wheat complex posted losses across the three markets on Wednesday. Chicago SRW futures were down 6 ¾ to 11 ¼ cents across the board on the midweek session. Open interest suggested some longs coming out, down 1,055 contracts. KC HRW futures pulled off the early lows with contracts closing 1 to 3 cents on the day. Open interest suggested modest new selling interest, up 2,771 contracts. There were 5 delivery notices against May CBT wheat overnight, with 35 for May KC wheat. MPLS spring wheat saw losses of 3 to 5 ¼ cents on Wednesday. Crude oil was the pressure factor, falling $6.06 on the day on easing US/Iran tensions.
USDA’s Export Sales report will be released on Thursday morning, with traders looking for old crop wheat sales to total 100,000 to 300,000 MT in the week of 4/30. New crop sales are expected to be in a range of 0-250,000 MT.
Algeria purchased an estimated 390,000 to 420,000 MT of wheat in a tender on Wednesday.
Stats Canada data showed wheat stocks at the end of March at 19.47 MMT, 12% higher than the same period last year. Excluding durum stocks were up 10.7% from a year ago at 16.056 MMT.
May 26 CBOT Wheat closed at $6.06, down 10 1/2 cents, currently down 8 3/4 cents
Jul 26 CBOT Wheat closed at $6.17 1/4, down 10 1/2 cents, currently down 4 1/2 cents
May 26 KCBT Wheat closed at $6.75 3/4, down 1 1/2 cents, currently unch
Jul 26 KCBT Wheat closed at $6.87, down 3 cents, currently down 10 cents
May 26 MIAX Wheat closed at $6.84 3/4, unch, currently unch
Jul 26 MIAX Wheat closed at $6.92, down 4 cents, currently down 5 1/2 cents
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