Daily Market Wire – April 4, 2023

US farm markets were mixed but mostly weaker on Monday.

Corn prices fell by 0.42%.

Wheat prices were mixed, as Chicago SRW was up 0.18%, while KC HRW was 0.28% weaker, and MGE HRS closed down by 0.45%.

Soybean closed up 1.1%, and soyoil climbed 2.14%, both supported by gains in oil prices, while soymeal was 0.39% lower at the bell.

In Europe grain prices fell in a very choppy session, while rapeseed closed higher.

Oil prices climbed by 6.3% after OPEC+ announced new production cuts.

The BDI rose about 1.7%.

On Wall Street, US stock indexes settled mixed.

The S&P 500 and DOW posted 6-week highs, thanks gains in energy sectors, and because weak US manufacturing news weighed on bond yields.

While a more than -6% fall in Tesla weighed on technology stocks keeping the Nasdaq in negative territory.

The DXY fell by -0.39%, with the dollar dropping to a 1-week low.

Notably, Chicago wheat May contract was up 1.2c/bu to 693.4c/bu;

Kansas wheat May contract was down 2.4c/bu to 875.2c/bu;

Minneapolis wheat May contract was down 4c/bu to 891.6c/bu;

MATIF wheat May contract was down €4/t to €256.25/t;

Black Sea wheat May contract was down $0.5/t to $282.5/t;

ASX wheat May contract, was unchanged to A$391/t;

US DWI Cash (durum wheat index) was up 0.76c/bu to 848.33c/bu;

1CWAD (Canadian durum) avg reg was down C$0.16/t to C$449.22/t;

EDW (EU durum) May contract was unchanged to €426.25/t;

Chicago corn May down 2.6c/bu to 657.6c/bu;

MATIF corn Jun was down €2.25/t to €255.5/t;

Soybeans May contract up 16.4c/bu to 1522c/bu;

Winnipeg canola May, was up C$8.5/t to C$776.4/t;

MATIF rapeseed May, was up €14.25/t to €490/t;

Brent crude Jun was up US$5.04 per barrel to $84.93;

WTI crude May was up US$4.75 per barrel to $80.42;

BDI Baltic Dry Index was up 23 points to 1.412;

Dow Jones was up 327 points to 33.601,15;

S&P 500 was up 15.20 points to 4.124,51;

NASDAQ Composite down 32.45 points to 12.189,45;

US dollar index (Jun ’23) was down 0.399 to 101.787;

AUD/USD firmer at US$0.6785;

USD/CAD weaker at $1.3435;

EUR/USD firmer at $1.0895;

USD/RUB firmer at ₽78.6520.