The CBOT was higher heading into the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday with investors across the board seeming to find optimism amid a relatively quiet news day. For the ag markets, news that China continues to book U.S. soybeans – securing as many as 10 cargoes on Tuesday – is supportive, as is the two-day downward correction in the U.S. dollar. For grains, South Korea was aggressive booking corn from both U.S. and optional origin sources this week, which helped put a bid under futures. Finally, markets more broadly saw support from risk-on trade from energy and macroeconomic markets. Normally trade on the day before the Thanksgiving holiday is a quiet affair, but this year’s action had hints of traders preparing more a more opti...
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