July Chgo Wheat closed 10 cents higher ($5.14 ½), Sept 9 ¾ cents higher ($5.17 ¾) & Dec 9 cents higher ($5.26 ¼)
July KC Wheat closed 12 ¼ cents higher ($4.64), Sept 12 ¼ cents higher ($4.70 ½) & Dec 11 ¾ cents higher ($4.81 ¾)
July Mpls Wheat closed 6 cents higher ($5.19 ¼), Sept 6 ¼ cents higher ($5.30 ¾) & Dec 6 ¼ cents higher ($5.44)
Weekly Wheat Export Sales – old crop vs. 50-300 K T. expected – new crop vs. 100-300 K T. expected
The EU cuts its soft wheat production by 4.3 M T. Its all about the ongoing dryness in Western Europe. This and the continued slide in the US Dollar brought short covering/new longs into the market today. At one point July Chgo wheat was up 14 ¼ cents and July KC wheat 16 ½ cents before some late selling had prices easing into the close. If we add in the EU’s cuts to production along with the recent cuts advertised for Russia and Ukraine the next World supply-demand report could see a noticeable cut to the next global production report. I do have to mention that the IGC did raise global wheat production by 2.0 M T. this morning but they are still 2.0 M T. shy what the USDA had to say earlier this month.
Advertised interior basis levels for standard protein what continue tot run unchanged with not showing a bias one way or the other. The Gulf basis for HRW is unchanged while the SRW export basis holds onto recent easing. Chgo spreads showed a bullish bias in light of spec buying while KC spreads only showed a fractional improvement. It will be interesting to see if today’s rally will catch any producer HRW selling ahead of the weekend as Texas should be harvesting.
Wheat charts are trying hard to say we have established interim bottoms. I will say that as much charts look more positive after today’s performance we’ve got a long way to go before we can say the wheat market is in a full blown bull mode. I see a number of resistance levels not far above current levels that need to be dealt with first. Long story short – we have room to rally in the short term but chasing inter-day rallies is not advised
Daily Support & Resistance – 5/28
July Chgo Wheat: $5.09 – $5.25
July KC Wheat: $4.56 – $4.72
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