Funds held large net short in canola before U.S. shutdown

Funds held large net short in canola before U.S. shutdown

Speculative fund traders were adding to a recently-established net short position in canola at the end of September, said the first Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) since the end of the U.S. federal government shutdown.





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Grain markets facing mixed signals

Potentially good news includes a Supreme Court ruling that goes against U.S. tariffs, which would ‘change everything’

Grain markets will finish the year with bloated supplies and there appears to be more coming with forecasts for another big Russian wheat crop and Brazilian soybean crop.





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CBOT weekly: Soybeans watching export news

Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade climbed to their highest levels in a year-and-a-half on Nov. 18, as optimism over increasing sales to China provided support. However, more business will be needed to sustain the upward move, with traders uncertain whether the stated targets will be reached.