Canola futures closed lower Friday with a stronger loonie partly offsetting the positive effect of the rise in U.S. crop futures.
Stronger than expected weekly exports of U.S. corn and wheat supported American crop futures.
Canola was under technical pressure after January failed to hold above the resistance level of $580.
After being higher early in trade, January canola closed at $575.90, down $2.50 or 0.43 percent.
March closed at $574.00, down $2.20 or 0.38 percent.
For the week, the January contract gained 20 cents.
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The U.S. dollar was down against a number of currencies. The euro gained strength on positive news about Greece getting the next installment of its debt bailout.
The loonie rose after Statistics Canada reported that the consumer price index was up 1.2 per cent year over year, slightly higher than an expected reading of 1.1 per cent.
While unexpected, the up tick is far from triggering interest rate increases.
The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association said members crushed 137,901 tonnes of canola in the week ending Nov. 21.
That was down 10.5 percent from the previous week.
It represented a crush capacity use of about 83 percent, down from the year to date average of 89 percent.
Winnipeg (per tonne)
Canola Jan 13 $575.90, down $2.50 -0.43%
Canola Mar 13 $574.00, down $2.20 -0.38%
Canola May 13 $573.50, down $1.70 -0.30%
Canola Jul 13 $571.00, down $1.20 -0.21%
Milling Wheat Dec 12 $297.30, unchanged
Milling Wheat Mar 13 $305.30, unchanged
Milling Wheat May 13 $308.30, unchanged
Durum Wheat Dec 12 $312.00, unchanged
Durum Wheat Mar 13 $316.00, down $1.00 -0.32%
Durum Wheat May 13 $320.00, down $1.00 -0.31%
Barley Dec 12 $250.00, unchanged
Barley Mar 13 $253.00, unchanged
Barley May 13 $254.00, unchanged
Chicago (per bushel)
Soybeans (P) Jan 13 $14.1875, up 10.5 cents +0.75%
Soybeans (P) Mar 13 $14.03, up 9.25 $+0.66%
Soybeans (P) May 13 $13.8275, up 8.25 $+0.60%
Soybeans (P) Jul 13 $13.7625, up 8.5 +0.62%
Corn (P) Dec 12 $7.455, up 4.5 +0.61%
Corn (P) Mar 13 $7.4975, up 4.5 +0.60%
Corn (P) May 13 $7.4675, up 4.75 +0.64%
Oats (P) Dec 12 $3.69, down 1.0 -0.27%
Oats (P) Mar 13 $3.83, up 0.75 +0.20%
Oats (P) May 13 $3.8475, up 0.5 +0.13%
Minneapolis (per bushel)
Spring Wheat Dec 12 $9.1375, down 0.25 cents $-0.03%
Spring Wheat Mar 13 $9.25, unchanged
Spring Wheat May 13 $9.34, up 1.0 +0.11%
Spring Wheat Jul 13 $9.335, down 1.25 $-0.13%
The Bank of Canada noon rate for the Canuck buck was $1.0074, up from 1.0026 the day before.
The U.S. greenback was 99.27 cents Cdn.
Nearby light crude in New York rose 90 cents to $88.28 per barrel.
The Toronto Stock Exchange S&P/TSX composite index rose 59.97 points, or 0.49 percent, to close at 12,213.07.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 172.79 points, or 1.35 percent, to 13,009.68.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index climbed 18.12 points, or 1.30 percent, to close at 1,409.15.
The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 40.30 points, or 1.38 percent, to 2,966.85.
For the week, the TSX rose 2.8 percent, the Dow rose 3.3 percent, the Nasdaq jumped four percent and the S&P 500 rose 3.6 percent.
