Wheat Posting Monday Morning Gains

Field of wheat at golden hour by Bruno via Pixabay

Futures are trading with slight strength across the three market on Monday morning. The wheat complex saw a rebound on Friday following a week of losses and holding above the August lows. Chicago SRW futures were up 5 to 8 1/2 cents across the board on the day, as December was down 6.3% last week. KC HRW contracts posted gains of 4 1/2 to 8 1/2 cents on the day, with December down 4.3% since last Friday. MPLS spring wheat was up 3 to 5 3/4 cents on the session, as December fell 4.27% on the week. 

The USDA’s weekly Export Sales report showed all wheat bookings improving slightly to 380,056 MT in the week of November 7. That was in the middle of the 250,000 to 550,000 MT range of estimates, and up 1.42% from last week. South Korea was the buyer of 89,100 T, with Japan purchasing 70,600 MT.

Commitment of Traders data showed CBT wheat speculators as increasing their net short position by 14,526 contracts to 45,307 contracts as of last Tuesday. In KC wheat, managed money was adding 11,018 contracts to their net short at 25,098 contracts.

Dec 24 CBOT Wheat  closed at $5.36 1/2, up 6 1/4 cents, currently up 3 1/2 cents

Mar 25 CBOT Wheat  closed at $5.54, up 5 3/4 cents, currently up 1 3/4 cents

Dec 24 KCBT Wheat  closed at $5.40, up 7 cents, currently up 2 1/2 cents

Mar 25 KCBT Wheat  closed at $5.52 1/4, up 5 1/2 cents, currently up 2 3/4 cents

Dec 24 MGEX Wheat  closed at $5.72 1/4, up 5 3/4 cents, currently up 2 cents

Mar 25 MGEX Wheat  closed at $5.91 1/4, up 5 1/2 cents, currently up 1/4 cents


On the date of publication, Austin Schroeder did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. For more information please view the Barchart Disclosure Policy here.