Corn Pulls Off Lows, Still Closes in the Red
Corn futures posted fractional to 1 ¼ cent losses on Thursday, as contracts pulled off the early weakness. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down by a penny on the day at $4.16.
Export Sales data was tallied at 1.04 MMT for old crop in the week that ended on March 20. That was a drop of 30.5% from the previous week and 13.8% below the same week last year. Japan was the largest buyer of 415,300 MT, with 309,900 MT sold to Mexico and 212,900 MT to Columbia. There was 494,000 MT in net reductions during that week, most of which were switched to a destination. New crop sales wee reported at 0 MT.
A South Korean importer purchased a total of 204,000 MT of corn in a tender overnight.
May 25 Corn closed at $4.50, down 1 1/4 cents,
Nearby Cash was $4.16, down 1 cent,
Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.58, down 1 cent,
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.43 3/4, down 3/4 cent,
New Crop Cash was $4.07 7/8, down 3/4 cent,
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