ICE Canola Mixed In Choppy Trade

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, Commodity News Service Canada
Oct. 30, 2012
Winnipeg – ICE Canada canola futures were narrowly  mixed Tuesday morning, lacking any clear direction in thin volumes.
A firmer tone in the CBOT soy complex was lending some spillover  support to canola, according to participants. However, canola held  up reasonably well on Monday, when soybeans dropped lower, and the  Canadian market did not have as much room to the upside as a result.

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The Canadian dollar was trading back above parity with its US  counterpart on Tuesday, which was slightly bearish for canola prices.  However, exporters and domestic crushers were still said to be showing  good demand, given the tightening supply situation in western Canada.
Expectations for a large South American soybean crop were  overhanging the oilseed markets, although there is still a long  growing season ahead in the region and traders were keeping some  weather premiums in the futures.
US financial markets in New York remain closed for the second  day in a row due to Hurricane Sandy. As a result, trade in the  agricultural commodities was expected to be choppy on Tuesday.
About 1,250 canola contracts had traded as of 8:42 CDT.
Milling wheat, durum, and barley futures were all untraded and  unchanged Tuesday morning.
Prices in Canadian dollars per metric ton at 8:42 CDT:

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