Canola closed a little higher on Friday despite a rising loonie.
November canola closed at $637.60, up $1.90 or 0.3 percent.
From the close last Friday the contract gained $4.
Canola remains supported by thoughts that the harvest will be smaller than the current Statistics Canada forecast.
But warm dry weather this week has put harvest in high gear and as farmers start to deliver canola to the elevator it will lead to more commercial hedging pressure.
A large export program to China is expected in the fall.
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Chicago Board of Trade soybean, corn and wheat futures rose on Monday on signs of progress towards the end of a record-long U.S. government shutdown, along with expectations of a revival of U.S. soybean exports to China, analysts said.
U.S. crop futures were mostly down slightly on month-end profit taking after soybeans touched a new record high on Thursday.
• Wheat fell after Russia announced it would not restrict wheat exports.
• The chairperson of the U.S Federal Reserve again left the market wondering whether it will stimulate the economy.
Ben Bernanke’s comments in a speech today said the stagnation in the U.S. labour market was a “grave concern,” and that the Fed would act if needed.
But he stopped short of providing a clear signal of imminent action.
Economists are still divided over whether the central bank would launch a fresh round of bond purchases at its meeting in September.
• The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association said members crushed 94,430 tonnes of canola in the week ending Aug. 29, down almost three percent from the week before. The represents a crush capacity use of only 57 percent.
• Markets will be closed Monday for Labour Day.
Winnipeg (per tonne)
Canola Nov 12Â $637.60, up $1.90Â +0.30%
Canola Jan 13Â $641.20, up $2.00Â +0.31%
Canola Mar 13Â $640.60, up $1.10Â +0.17%
Canola May 13Â $628.30, up $0.30Â +0.05%
Milling Wheat Oct 12Â $298.60, down $5.40Â -1.78%
Milling Wheat Dec 12Â $306.10, down $5.40Â -1.73%
Milling Wheat Mar 13Â $315.60, down $5.40Â -1.68%
Durum Wheat Oct 12Â $300.60, unchanged
Durum Wheat Dec 12Â $305.10, unchanged
Durum Wheat Mar 13Â $311.70, unchanged
Barley Oct 12Â $264.50, unchanged
Barley Dec 12Â $269.50, unchanged
Barley Mar 13Â $272.50, unchanged
Chicago (per bushel)
Soybeans (P) Sep 12Â $17.645, down 5.75 cents -0.32%
Soybeans (P) Nov 12Â $17.565, down 7.0Â -0.40%
Soybeans (P) Jan 13Â $17.51, down 6.5Â -0.37%
Soybeans (P) Mar 13Â $16.8425, up 4.0Â +0.24%
Corn (P) Sep 12Â $8.0275, down 8.75 -1.08%
Corn (P) Dec 12Â Â 7.9975, down 8.75 -1.08%
Corn (P) Mar 13Â $8.02, down 6.75Â -0.83%
Oats (P) Sep 12Â $3.885, up 1.0Â +0.26%
Oats (P) Dec 12Â $3.975, up 2.25Â +0.57%
Oats (P) Mar 13Â $3.97, up 2.0Â +0.51%
Minneapolis (per bushel)
Spring Wheat Sep 12Â $9.3175, down 8.25 cents -0.88%
Spring Wheat Dec 12Â $9.4825, down 6.75Â -0.71%
Spring Wheat Mar 13Â $9.5675, down 7.0Â -0.73%
Spring Wheat May 13Â $9.6325, down 5.0Â -0.52%
Nearby crude oil in New York closed up $1.85 at $96.47 per barrel.
The Bank of Canada noon rate for the loonie is $1.0139 US, up from $1.00075 the day before.
The U.S. buck is 98.63 cents Cdn.
In early tallies
Toronto Stock Exchange S&P/TSX composite index closed up 62.61 points, or 0.53 percent, at 11,949.26.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 104.88 points, or 0.81 percent, at 13,105.59.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was up 8.53 points, or 0.61 percent, at 1,408.01.
The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 20.29 points, or 0.67 percent, at 3,069.00.
For the week, the TSX as down 1.1 percent, the Dow was down 0.5 percent, the S&P 500 was down 0.3 percent and the Nasdaq fell 0.1 percent.
