Canola up almost two percent on big soybean rally

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Published: October 13, 2015

Big gains in U.S. soybean futures Monday and Tuesday helped lift canola futures almost two percent when the Canadian ICE market reopened Tuesday after Thanksgiving.

Canola’s rise trailed November soybeans, which gained almost three percent today and 1.75 percent on Monday.

Soy oil dipped 0.16 percent on Monday but rose 2.11 percent today.

Soybeans rose on signs of strong demand and when then topped $9 a bushel that triggered more buying.

Excessive rain in southern Brazil is slowing the seeding campaign there.

November canola closed at $478.50, up $9 or 1.92 percent.

A three percent gain in palm also helped lift oilseeds. Malaysian palm oil gained on sort covering and talk of China buying.

Wheat also rallied, with spring wheat Minneapolis December climbing almost one percent today after a slight decline on Monday.

Support today came on concern about dry soil in the hard and soft winter wheat areas of the U.S. and dry soils in Ukraine and parts of Russia.

For more on the dry weather in the Black Sea region click on this story: Dry weather plagues sowing in the Black Sea: Braun COLUMN

Rising wheat and soybeans helped lift corn futures modestly.

It was the first rally in corn in five sessions and came even as the U.S. harvest advanced under good weather conditions.

For a story on issues in the pulse market see our daily pulse update here: PULSES: India mulls creation of pulse intelligence agency

The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association today noted that last week’s record crush number of 184,493 tonnes included about 9,000 tonnes related to the previous week’s crush. Removing that amount puts the crush use rate at 88 percent.

For issues affecting feed grain markets see out daily feed grain report: FEED GRAINS DAILY: Corn edges up, world supplies tighten.

Worries about the coming quarterly profit report and China’s economy weighed down stock markets.

Reuters reported that Chinese imports fell 20 percent in September due to weak domestic demand, indicating that growth in the world’s second-largest economy was sputtering.

Light crude oil nearby futures in New York were down 44 cents to US$46.66 per barrel.

The Canadian dollar at noon was US77.01 cents, down from 77.24 cents the previous trading day. The U.S. dollar at noon was C$1.2986.

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index unofficially closed down 119.63 points, or 0.86 percent, at 13,844.73.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 49.97 points, or 0.29 percent, to 17,081.89, the S&P 500 lost 13.77 points, or 0.68 percent, to 2,003.69 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 42.03 points, or 0.87 percent, to 4,796.61.

 

Winnipeg ICE Futures Canada dollars per tonne

Canola Nov 2015         478.50         +9.00         +1.92%

Canola Jan 2016         482.90         +8.50         +1.79%

Canola Mar 2016         485.70         +8.70         +1.82%

Canola May 2016         486.10         +8.70         +1.82%

Canola Jul 2016         484.20         +8.70         +1.83%

 

Milling Wheat Oct 2015         234.00         -1.00         -0.43%

Milling Wheat Dec 2015         236.00         -3.00         -1.26%

Milling Wheat Mar 2016         240.00         -3.00         -1.23%

 

Durum Wheat Oct 2015         335.00         unch         0.00%

Durum Wheat Dec 2015         335.00         unch         0.00%

Durum Wheat Mar 2016         340.00         unch         0.00%

 

Barley Oct 2015         190.00         unch         0.00%

Barley Dec 2015         185.00         unch         0.00%

Barley Mar 2016         187.00         unch         0.00%

 

American crop prices in cents US/bushel, soybean meal in $US/short ton, soy oil in cents US/pound

 

Chicago

Soybeans Nov 2015         914         +26.5         +2.99%

Soybeans Jan 2016         918.25         +25.75         +2.89%

Soybeans Mar 2016         921.25         +25.25         +2.82%

Soybeans May 2016         925.25         +24.75         +2.75%

Soybeans Jul 2016         931         +24.75         +2.73%

Soybeans Aug 2016         929.5         +23.75         +2.62%

 

Soybean Meal Oct 2015         320.7         +11.4         +3.69%

Soybean Meal Dec 2015         317.7         +8.2         +2.65%

Soybean Meal Jan 2016         316.6         +8         +2.59%

 

Soybean Oil Oct 2015         28.6         +0.59         +2.11%

Soybean Oil Dec 2015         28.79         +0.61         +2.16%

Soybean Oil Jan 2016         29.08         +0.62         +2.18%

 

Corn Dec 2015         384.5         +3.75         +0.98%

Corn Mar 2016         395.5         +3.75         +0.96%

Corn May 2016         401.75         +3.5         +0.88%

Corn Jul 2016         406.75         +3.5         +0.87%

Corn Sep 2016         403.75         +3.5         +0.87%

 

Oats Dec 2015         232         +3.5         +1.53%

Oats Mar 2016         232.5         +4         +1.75%

Oats May 2016         234.25         +5.25         +2.29%

Oats Jul 2016         237.75         +4.75         +2.04%

Oats Sep 2016         240         +4.75         +2.02%

 

Wheat Dec 2015         519         +12.25         +2.42%

Wheat Mar 2016         527         +12.5         +2.43%

Wheat May 2016         532         +12.75         +2.46%

Wheat Jul 2016         535.5         +12.25         +2.34%

Wheat Sep 2016         544.25         +12         +2.25%

 

Minneapolis

Spring Wheat Dec 2015         536.25         +5.25         +0.99%

Spring Wheat Mar 2016         549         +4.5         +0.83%

Spring Wheat May 2016         558         +5.25         +0.95%

Spring Wheat Jul 2016         566.75         +5.25         +0.93%

Spring Wheat Sep 2016         577         +6.75         +1.18%

 

Kansas City

Hard Red Wheat Dec 2015         511         +13.25         +2.66%

Hard Red Wheat Mar 2016         525.75         +13.25         +2.59%

Hard Red Wheat May 2016         535.25         +13.25         +2.54%

Hard Red Wheat Jul 2016         545.25         +13         +2.44%

Hard Red Wheat Sep 2016         558.25         +12.75         +2.34%

 

 

 

explore

Stories from our other publications