Daily Market Wire – March 23, 2023

US farm markets, mostly, suffered heavy losses during Wednesday’s sell-off.

Soybeans spilled 1.26% lower, soymeal lost nearly 2%, while soyoil tumbled about 3% lower.

Some wheat contracts lost about 2.9%.

Corn, has found immunity among the widespread selloff, gathering 0.56% gains.

In Europe, grain and oilseeds continued their fall, in an uncompetitive context, mainly linked to the rise of the euro.

Oil prices rose about 2% to a one-week high.

The BDI logged worst day in five weeks, shedding about 3.7%.

On Wall Street, US stock indexes gave up an early advance, whipsawed lower after the FOMC meeting, and sold off further into the close, with the S&P 500 and the DOW falling more then 1.6%.

The DXY fell by -0.90% and posted a 6-week low, as the British pound rose due to an unexpected increase in the UK Feb CPI, and the hawkish comments from ECB President Lagarde pushed the euro up to a 5-week high.

Notably, Chicago wheat May contract was down US19.6 cents to 663.4c/bu;

Kansas wheat May contract was down 9c/bu to 811.2c/bu;

Minneapolis wheat May contract was down 12c/bu to 833.6c/bu;

MATIF wheat May contract was down €5.5/t to €248/t;

Black Sea wheat Apr contract was down $0.5/t to $292.5/t;

ASX wheat May contract, was down A$5/t to A$386/t;

US DWI Cash (durum wheat index) was down 0.69c/bu to 854.31c/bu;

1CWAD (Canadian durum) avg reg was down C$0.22/t to C$455.84/t;

EDW (EU durum) May contract was unch to €428/t;

Chicago corn May up 3.4c/bu to 633.4c/bu;

MATIF corn Jun was down €5.5/t to €244.75/t;

Soybeans May contract down 18.4c/bu to 1448.4c/bu;

Winnipeg canola May, was down C$9.4/t to C$720/t;

MATIF rapeseed May, was down €10.5/t to €430.5/t;

Brent crude May was up US$1.37 per barrel to $76.69;

WTI crude May was up US$1.23 per barrel to $70.90;

BDI Baltic Dry Index was down 56 points to 1.456;

Dow Jones was down 530.59 points to 32.030,11;

S&P 500 was down 65.90 points to 3.936,97;

NASDAQ Composite down 190.15 points to 11.669,96;

US dollar index (Jun ’23) was down 0.925 to 101.972;

AUD/USD firmer at US$0.6682;

USD/CAD firmer at $1.3727;

EUR/USD firmer at $1.0855;

USD/RUB weaker at ₽76.9496.