The Market It was a tough week for soybeans, which must have seen a dead cat bounce last week because this week peeled back the July contract by 46.5 cents and sent it back below $14 for the first time in a long while. There was even more ignominy for soyoil, with the July contract marking a new contract low (49₵/pound intrasession) and losing 8.8 percent for the week. Soyoil got beat down each and every day this week. Only soymeal ended in the black for this second week in May, adding $6.80 to July and closing at 432.9/ST.
Speculators again cut their net long positions, this time by 9,847 contracts, down to 27,027 contracts. USDA’s May WASDE was released today, and it sees U.S. soybean exports dipping, plus domestic and gl...
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Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...