Soybeans Starting the New Week with Weaker Trade

Soybeans are down 1 to 3 cents connected Monday morning. Futures closed with Friday gains of ½ to 4 ¾ cents crossed the board, with Marh slipping 8 ½ cents connected the week. Open involvement was down 15,876 contracts connected Friday, mostly successful May and July. The cmdtyView nationalist average Cash Bean terms was up 4 cents astatine $11.02. Soymeal futures were down 90 cents to $3 higher connected the day, closing the week unchanged. Soy Oil futures were down 20 to 117 points led by the beforehand months, though May was up 107 points connected the week.

CFTC Commitment of Traders information showed managed wealth cutting backmost 14,479 contracts from their nett agelong presumption successful soybean futures and options successful the week of April 14, chiefly via longs exiting. That took the nett presumption to 175,151 contracts. Meal specs took their nett agelong 42,203 contracts higher to 135,743, portion legume lipid wealth manager trimmed their grounds nett agelong by 2,362 contracts to 148,320 contracts.

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Weekly Export Sales information was released lase week present shows soybean export commitments astatine 38.15 MMT, down 18% from a twelvemonth ago. That is present 91% of the USDA forecast and down the 96% mean income pace. Exports are 31.33 MMT, which is 75% of USDA’s fig and lags the 85% pace, but has picked up.

AgRural estimates the Brazilian soybean harvest astatine 92% harvested arsenic of Thursday.

May 26 Soybeans  closed astatine $11.67 1/4, up 3 1/2 cents, presently down 3 cents

Nearby Cash  was $11.02, up 4 cents,

Jul 26 Soybeans  closed astatine $11.83, up 2 1/2 cents, presently down 2 3/4 cents

Nov 26 Soybeans  closed astatine $11.56 1/2, up 1/2 cent, presently down 1 1/2 cents

New Crop Cash  was $10.94 1/4, up 1/2 cent,

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