By Terryn Shiells, Commodity News Service Canada
October 7, 2013
WINNIPEG – Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform were firmer at 10:48 CDT Monday, lifted by a pickup in end user buying interest. Canola is attractively priced, and crush margins are strong as well, brokers said.
Ideas that Friday’s losses were overdone and due for a correction also helped to underpin values, as did some technical based buying.
The downswing in the value of the Canadian dollar provided further support, as it made canola more attractive to foreign buyers.
However, spillover pressure from the losses seen in the Chicago soy complex helped to limit the advances.
Expectations of a record large Canadian canola crop, which could produce upwards of 16 million tonnes, were bearish, as was harvest pressure.
As of 10:48 CDT Monday, about 8,020 contracts had traded.
Milling wheat, barley and durum were untraded and unchanged following price revisions after the close on Friday.
Prices in Canadian dollars per metric ton at 10:48 CDT:
