Daily Market Wire – February 21, 2023

US farm markets were closed on Monday in observance of the Federal President’s Day holiday.

Euronext wheat and corn drifted in U.S. holiday lull, while May rapeseed ended down 1.2%.

Brent crude rose over 1%, while WTI did not settle because of the public holiday.

The Baltic dry index logged best day in 2 months, up 2.6%.

Global shares inched up, with the MSCI All-World index rising 0.2%, helped by modest gains in Europe, where the STOXX 600 rose 0.1%, as gains in mining shares offset a decline in the tech sector.

The dollar nudged lower against a basket of major currencies, but was noticeably down against so-called commodity currencies, including the Australian dollar, which rose 0.5% and the Canadian dollar, which gained 0.1%.

Notably, MATIF wheat Mar contract was down €0.5/t to €294.5/t;

ASX wheat March contract, was unchanged to A$394/t;

1CWAD (Canadian durum) avg reg was up C$0.07/t to C$455.63/t;

EDW (EU durum) March contract was down €0.75/t to €420/t;

MATIF corn Mar contract was down €0.25/t to €294.75/t;

Winnipeg canola Mar contract, was unchanged to C$828.4/t;

MATIF rapeseed May contract was down €7/t to €557.5/t;

Brent crude Apr was up US$1.07 per barrel to $84.07;

BDI Baltic Dry Index was up 14 points to 552;

AUD/USD firmer at US$0.6905;

USD/CAD weaker at $1.3451;

EUR/USD weaker at $1.0682;

USD/RUB firmer at ₽74.7800.