Canola closed the day higher on Friday, bucking a lower trend in soybeans and corn.

The main gains were in old crop, which is in very tight supply.

Support also came from technical factors as the price broke above moving averages and held.

New crop rose only marginally.

Recent gains in soybeans due to delivery delays in Brazil had pushed its price into overbought territory and traders took profits today. New crop contracts were pressured by private forecasts for record large U.S., soybean

Also, weekend weather systems are expected to drop more moisture in the U.S. Plains and Midwest. Temperatures are expected to fall six-seven degrees C below freezing but damage is not expected to be serious.

May canola closed at $634.30, up $3.90 and November closed at $564.50, up 10 cents.

For the week, May canola rose $11.10 per tonne or 1.8 percent and November climbed $12.60 or 2.3 percent.

Nearby soybeans and wheat rose one percent and corn rose 1.3 percent.

Lingering winter and repeated snowfalls are increasing the chance of a late start to seeding in many parts of Western Canada.

Worries about the Cyprus debt crisis generally weighed on the market.

Grain and oilseed markets were also squaring up ahead of USDA’s prospective planting and March 1 stocks reports next Thursday. Traders are expecting exceptionally tight stocks of soybeans and corn.

 

Winnipeg ICE Futures Canada dollars per tonne

Canola May 2013       634.30       +3.90       +0.62%

Canola Jul 2013       620.30       +3.50       +0.57%

Canola Nov 2013       564.50       +0.10       +0.02%

Canola Jan 2014       566.10       +0.50       +0.09%

Canola Mar 2014       563.10       -0.30       -0.05%

 

Milling Wheat May 2013       292.00       unch       0.00%

Milling Wheat Jul 2013       294.00       unch       0.00%

Milling Wheat Oct 2013       294.00       unch       0.00%

 

Durum Wheat May 2013       311.00       unch       0.00%

Durum Wheat Jul 2013       314.00       unch       0.00%

Durum Wheat Oct 2013       299.30       unch       0.00%

 

Barley May 2013       243.00       unch       0.00%

Barley Jul 2013       243.50       unch       0.00%

Barley Oct 2013       243.50       unch       0.00%

 

American crops in cents per bushel, soy meal in dollars US per short ton and soy oil in cents per pound.

Chicago

Soybeans May 2013       1440.5       -8.5       -0.59%

Soybeans Jul 2013       1418       -7.5       -0.53%

Soybeans Aug 2013       1373       -8.25       -0.60%

Soybeans Sep 2013       1301.25       -11.25       -0.86%

Soybeans Nov 2013       1263.75       -11.5       -0.90%

Soybeans Jan 2014       1268.25       -11.25       -0.88%

 

Soybean Meal May 2013       419.3       -3.6       -0.85%

Soybean Meal Jul 2013       414       -2.9       -0.70%

Soybean Meal Aug 2013       396.2       -3.7       -0.93%

 

Soybean Oil May 2013       50.43       +0.01       +0.02%

Soybean Oil Jul 2013       50.68       +0.01       +0.02%

Soybean Oil Aug 2013       50.57       unch       0.00%

 

Corn May 2013       726.25       -6.75       -0.92%

Corn Jul 2013       708.5       -8.75       -1.22%

Corn Sep 2013       596.75       -1.5       -0.25%

Corn Dec 2013       565.25       -3.25       -0.57%

Corn Mar 2014       574.5       -3       -0.52%

Oats May 2013       396.25       +1.25       +0.32%

 

Oats Jul 2013       390.5       +2.75       +0.71%

Oats Sep 2013       367.25       +2.75       +0.75%

Oats Dec 2013       362.5       +5       +1.40%

Oats Mar 2014       371       +2.5       +0.68%

 

Chicago soft red winter

Wheat May 2013       729.75       +1       +0.14%

Wheat Jul 2013       729.25       +1.75       +0.24%

Wheat Sep 2013       735       +2.25       +0.31%

Wheat Dec 2013       746.25       +2       +0.27%

Wheat Mar 2014       758.25       +2       +0.26%

 

Minneapolis hard red spring

Spring Wheat May 2013       806.5       +3.75       +0.47%

Spring Wheat Jul 2013       806.5       +4       +0.50%

Spring Wheat Sep 2013       806       +4.75       +0.59%

Spring Wheat Dec 2013       813.25       +4.75       +0.59%

Spring Wheat Mar 2014       825.25       +5       +0.61%

 

Kansas City hard red winter

KCBT Red Wheat May 2013       761.5       +1       +0.13%

KCBT Red Wheat Jul 2013       766.5       +1.25       +0.16%

KCBT Red Wheat Sep 2013       778.25       +2       +0.26%

KCBT Red Wheat Dec 2013       793.25       +1.75       +0.22%

KCBT Red Wheat Mar 2014       804.5       +1       +0.12%

 

The Bank of Canada noon rate for the loonie was 97.80 cents US, up from 97.65 on Thursday. The U.S. greenback was $1.0233 Cdn.

Nearby WTI crude oil jumped $1.26 to close at $93.71 per barrel. Pipeline developments in the U.S. promise a reduction of the glut of oil at Cushing Oklahoma.

Late hopes that there will be a successful bail out deal for Cyprus helped stock markets closed the day in positive territory, but for the week, they were slightly lower.

In early tallies —

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index closed up 9.48 points, or 0.07 percent, at 12,757.35.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 90.54 points or 0.63 percent, to close at 14,512.03.

The S&P 500 gained 11.09 points or 0.72 percent, to 1,556.89.

The Nasdaq Composite added 22.40 points or 0.70 percent, to close at 3,245.

For the week, the TSX fell 0.6 percent, the Dow dipped 0.01 percent, the S&P 500 shed 0.2 percent and the Nasdaq edged down 0.1 percent.