Canola futures closed higher Friday, supported by regular demand from exporters and crushers and by slow farmer selling.
The loonie fell by about half a cent to a 2-½ month low and that also supported canola futures.
November closed at $618.90 per tonne, up $1.90.
January closed at $619.90, up $3.20.
For the week November gained $7 per tonne.
Canola is supported generally by good demand, smaller than expected crop, lower than expected oil content of this year’s canola seed.
Oilseeds have generally been supported by good exports of U.S. soybeans although this week’s export sales were below expectations.
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• There have been reports that crush margins are weaker than they were in the summer, but that is not slowing crushing activity.
The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association said members crushed 155,239 tonnes of canola in the week ending Oct 24, up almost five percent from the previous week.
That represents an excellent capacity use of more than 93 percent.
Winnipeg (per tonne)
Canola Nov 12Â $618.90, up 1.90Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.31%
Canola Jan 13Â $619.90, up 3.20Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.52%
Canola Mar 13Â $617.70, up 2.90Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.47%
Canola May 13Â $613.00, up 2.70Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.44%
Milling Wheat Dec 12Â $308.50, unchanged
Milling Wheat Mar 13Â $318.00, unchanged
Milling Wheat May 13Â $321.00, unchanged
Durum Wheat Dec 12Â $312.40, unchanged
Durum Wheat Mar 13Â $319.00, unchanged
Durum Wheat May 13Â $323.00, unchanged
Barley Dec 12Â $250.00, unchanged
Barley Mar 13Â $253.00, unchanged
Barley May 13Â $254.00, unchanged
Chicago (per bushel)
Soybeans (P) Nov 12Â $15.6125, down 2.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.18%
Soybeans (P) Jan 13Â $15.6375, down 2.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.14%
Soybeans (P) Mar 13Â $15.37, unchanged
Soybeans (P) May 13Â $14.88, up 4.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.29%
Corn (P) Dec 12Â $7.3775-6, down 4.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.57%
Corn (P) Mar 13Â $7.3975, down 4.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.57%
Corn (P) May 13Â $7.37, down 3.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.51%
Oats (P) Dec 12Â $3.8975, up 2.0Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.52%
Oats (P) Mar 13Â $3.965, up 1.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.44%
Oats (P) May 13Â $3.9625, up 1.0Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.25%
Minneapolis (per bushel)
Spring Wheat Dec 12Â $9.40, down 5.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.56%
Spring Wheat Mar 13Â $9.44, down 5.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.61%
Spring Wheat May 13Â $9.51, down 4.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.47%
Spring Wheat Jul 13Â $9.52, down 5.0Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.52%
The Bank of Canada noon rate for the loonie was $1.0010 US, down from $1.0058.
The U.S. buck was 99.90 cents Cdn.
Nearby crude oil in New York closed up 23 cents at $86.28 per barrel.
In early tallies:
Toronto Stock Exchange S&P/TSX composite index rose 0.07 points, or 0.00 percent, to close at 12,300.30.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 3.53 points, or 0.03 percent, to close at 13,107.21.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index edged down 1.03 points, or 0.07 percent, to finish at 1,411.94.
The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 1.83 points, or 0.06 percent, to close at 2,987.95.
