Wheat Morning Update & Commentary Wheat closed lower on Friday, but was unable to erase all of the positive gains from the week. Weekly charts have a positive tone, and harvest concerns for soybeans and corn could aid in producing short-covering rallies. U.S. wheat despite the decline in the Dollar is still not as competitive as Black Sea origin; however top Ukrainian private analyst, UkrAgro said domestic prices and competition from other exporting countries are likely to slow down the pace of grain exports from the region. Turkey's state grain agency sold 50,000 mt of wheat. White milling wheat was priced at $163 a tonne FOB and the Red Milling Wheat was 135.25 a tonne FOB. Bangladesh also issued a new tender for 100,000 mt of what for LH DEC FH Nov delivery. French wheat, which had been quarantined by the Egyptian Government, was released, and obviously wasn't much of a concern, as Egypt bought 180,000 mt of additional French origin last week at $189.50/ton. HRW basis is flat while freight remains firm. SRW Basis remains flat with a full pipeline overhanging the market. The prospect of a better-than-expected Australian wheat crop appears to have faded after extreme weather in grain-growing regions over the weekend. Grains analysts said frosts in the east of the country and a heat-wave in the west could make it difficult to see the 2009/10 harvest hit the top range of forecasts. Overnight markets had a somewhat subdued Sunday evening with Chicago ...
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