ICE Canada Morning Comment: Canola on the rise

Support from most edible oils

By Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 25 (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) canola futures swung higher on Friday morning, after experiencing losses in the overnight session. Gains in Malaysian palm oil and European rapeseed, along with Chicago soybeans and soymeal were supportive of canola. However, losses in Chicago soyoil were tempering further increases. As well,

North American Grain/Oilseed Review: Canola takes back losses

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 24 (MarketsFarm) – The ICE Futures canola market was stronger on Thursday, recovering most of Wednesday’s losses amid ideas the selloff was overdone. Tight old crop supplies and solid demand from domestic crushers provided underlying support, with speculative positioning behind much of the activity. The gains in canola came


Wheat in a field near the village of Hrebeni in Ukraine’s Kyiv region on July 17, 2020.

Canola’s wild ride ends up near where it started

Oilseeds are caught up in crude oil values’ ebb and flow

Despite all the volatility in the markets over the last seven days, ICE Futures canola values ended up pretty much where they started. On March 10, the nearby May canola contract closed at $1,130.70 per tonne; a week later it finished at $1,130.20. It was a similar story for the July contract, at $1,096.40 per

ICE canola correcting higher at midday

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 24 – (MarketsFarm) – The ICE Futures canola market was stronger at midday Thursday, taking back some of Wednesday’s losses. Canola hit contract highs on Wednesday before crashing in a profit-taking correction. While overbought sentiment contributed to the selloff, a trader noted that the correction was also likely overdone


ICE Canada Morning Comment: Canola builds on overnight increases

Prices turn around after yesterday's declines

By Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 24 (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) canola futures were higher on Thursday morning, building on gains made during the overnight session after yesterday’s pull back. Support came from the front months of European rapeseed, Chicago soymeal, as well as tight canola supplies. Losses in Chicago soybeans and soyoil along

North American Grain/Oilseed Review: Canola corrects lower

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 23 (MarketsFarm) – The ICE Futures canola market was weaker at Wednesday’s close, after an early move to fresh contract highs ran out of steam and profit-taking came forward to weigh on values. Gains in crude oil and Chicago Board of Trade soyoil provided some initial spillover support for


ICE canola up at midday, but off highs

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 23 – (MarketsFarm) – The ICE Futures canola market was stronger at midday Wednesday, seeing a continuation of Tuesday’s rally. However, profit-taking came forward, taking values off their session highs. Tuesday’s rally was bullish from a technical standpoint, which kept the path of least resistance pointed higher for canola,

ICE canola still climbing higher

WINNIPEG – The ICE Futures canola market was stronger Wednesday morning, hitting fresh contract highs in a continuation of Tuesday’s rally. Gains in outside markets provided spillover support, with crude oil, Chicago Board of Trade soyoil and Malaysian palm oil up as well. European rapeseed futures were at contract highs and trading at a sizeable



ICE canola hitting contract highs at midday

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 22 – (MarketsFarm) – The ICE Futures canola market was stronger at midday Tuesday, hitting fresh contract highs in many months with speculative buying a feature. Gains in Chicago Board of Trade soyoil and European rapeseed futures contributed to the strength in canola, although a trader described the activity