Daily Market Wire – May 16, 2023

US farm markets saw a notable momentum on Monday.

Wheat prices rose sharply, with Chicago SRW climbing 4.06%, Kansas City HRW gained 2.42%, and MGEX HRS jumped 3.22%.

Corn prices moved 1.07% higher.

Soybean lifted 0.77%, with soymeal fading 0.46% lower, while soyoil gained 0.34%.

In Europe, grain prices rose supported by U.S. markets, and growing uncertainty over the Ukraine shipping corridor.

Rapeseed rose in the wake of canola and oil higher.

Oil prices rose more than 1%, ending three straight sessions of declines, on tightening supplies in Canada and elsewhere.

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index in London slipped to near 3-week trough, down 2.3%, on weaker demand across all vessel segments.

On Wall Street, US stock indexes closed higher on hopes for U.S. debt ceiling resolution.

The DXY fell by -0.23%, with the dollar retreating from a 5-week high, as stocks moved higher, curbing liquidity demand for the dollar.

Notably, Chicago wheat July contract was up 25.6c/bu to 660.6c/bu;

Kansas wheat Jul contract was up 21.2c/bu to 898.2c/bu;

Minneapolis wheat Jul contract was up 27.2c/bu to 873.2c/bu;

MATIF wheat Sep contract, was up €4.75/t to €239.5/t;

Black Sea wheat June contract was down $0.25/t to $269.75/t;

ASX wheat Jul contract, was up A$6 to A$380/t;

US DWI Cash (durum wheat index) was unchanged 810.74c/bu;

1CWAD (Canadian durum) avg reg was down C$0.44/t to C$401.59/t;

EDW (EU durum) Sep contract, was up €4/t to €356/t;

Chicago corn Jul was up 6.2c/bu to 592.4c/bu;

MATIF corn Jun, was up €2.75/t to €229.25/t;

Soybeans Jul contract up 10.6c/bu to 1400.6c/bu;

Winnipeg canola Jul was up C$17.9/t to C$730.8/t;

MATIF rapeseed Aug contract, was up 7.25/t to €423.25/t;

Brent crude Jul was up US$1.06 per barrel to $75.23;

WTI crude Jun was up US$1.07 per barrel to $71.11;

BDI Baltic Dry Index was down 36 points to 1.522;

Dow Jones was up 47.98 points to 33.348,60;

S&P 500 was up 12.20 points to 4.136,28;

NASDAQ Composite up 80.47 points to 12.365,21;

US dollar index (Jun ’23) was down 0.283 to 102.271;

AUD/USD firmer at US$0.6670;

USD/CAD weaker at $1.3466;

EUR/USD firmer at $1.0874;

USD/RUB firmer at ₽79.7673.