Daily Market Wire – February 27, 2023

US farm markets took a beating on Friday.

Wheat prices suffered the sharpest decline, with Chicago SRW more then 4% lower on Friday, and by 7.48% for the week. 

In Europe, Euronext wheat prices fell to a one-month low.

Oil prices edged higher in Friday’s volatile trade, but were flat on the week.

The BDI snapped its seven-week long losing streak and posted its second-biggest weekly jump.

Wall Street’s main indexes posted their biggest weekly drop of 2023.

The dollar held a seven-week peak.

Notably, Chicago wheat Mar contract was down US30 cents to 708.2c/bu;

Kansas wheat Mar contract was down 20c/bu to 841.6c/bu;

Minneapolis wheat Mar contract was down 22.4c/bu to 885.4c/bu;

MATIF wheat Mar contract was down €4.5/t to €279.75/t;

Black Sea wheat Mar contract was down $1.5/t to $298.75/t;

ASX wheat March contract, up A$2.2/t to A$393.5/t;

US DWI Cash (durum wheat index) was unchanged to 893.57c/bu;

1CWAD (Canadian durum) avg reg was down C$0.83/t to C$458.99/t;

EDW (EU durum) March contract was unchanged to €427.5/t;

Chicago corn Mar contract down 10.2c/bu to 650c/bu;

MATIF corn Mar contract was down €6.75/t to €288.5/t;

Soybeans Mar contract down 5.2c/bu to 1529c/bu;

Winnipeg canola Mar contract, was up C$1.9/t to C$834.4/t;

MATIF rapeseed May contract was down €2.5/t to €542/t;

Brent crude Apr was up US$0.95 per barrel to $83.16;

WTI crude Apr was up US$0.93 per barrel to $76.32;

BDI Baltic Dry Index was up 67 points to 883;

Dow Jones was down 336.99 points to 32.816,92;

S&P 500 was down 42.28 points to 3.970,04;

NASDAQ Composite down 195.46 points to 11.394,94;

US dollar index (Mar ’23) was up 0.619 to 105.158;

AUD/USD weaker at US$0.6725;

USD/CAD firmer at $1.3609;

EUR/USD weaker at $1.0546;

USD/RUB firmer at ₽76.1300.