Overnight trading started higher with a dead cat bounce from Friday’s USDA-report-induced losses. The market eventually turned lower, however, and corn ended down 3 cents while SRW wheat lost 6 ¼ cents. Soybeans managed to hold small gains (4 ¼ cents) after the weekend news that President Trump and Xi had a “good” meeting at the G-20 Summit. The meeting prompted Chinese officials to claim additional purchases of U.S. agricultural products would soon occur, though details were not provided. The market’s expectation is that any such purchases will wait until after a deal is officially inked. The day session opened weaker than expected with negative technical developments on the charts leadin...
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