Monday, 30 September 2013

GRAINS-Wheat falls, set for first quarterly gain in a year

Mon Sep 30, 2013
SYDNEY, Sept 30 (Reuters) - U.S. wheat fell for the first time in six sessions on Monday amid a broad-based commodity sell-off but is poised to record its first quarterly rise in a
year, buoyed by strong export demand from China and Brazil.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Front month Chicago Board Of Trade wheat is up nearly 6 percent for the month, the biggest jump since July, 2012.

* Wheat poised to finish the quarter up nearly 5.1 percent, the first quarterly gain for a year.

* Front-month soybeans down more 16 percent for the quarter, the worst performing period in three years.

* Beans down 8 percent for the month, having firmed 3.6 percent in August.

* Spot corn is down more than 33 percent for the quarter, the worst quarter since September 1996 as an expected bumper U.S. crop weighed on prices.

* The U.S. Department of Agriculture said private exporters reported sales of 121,600 tonnes of U.S. wheat to unknown destinations.

* Brazilian millers are looking at Polish wheat as a cheaper alternative to North American supply, milling group Pacifico said Thursday.

* Soybeans under pressure ahead of the USDA's stocks report latert this week, which is expected to show Sept. 1 U.S. soybean inventories at a nine-year low.

MARKET NEWS

*  The euro fell hard in Asia on Monday with Italy in the grip of a fresh political crisis, while investors also sold the greenback as a midnight deadline to avert a shutdown in
Washington loomed large.

  Grains prices at  0035 GMT
  Contract        Last    Change  Pct chg  Two-day chg MA 30   RSI
  CBOT wheat     681.25    -1.75  -0.26%    +0.44%     653.47   75
  CBOT corn      453.25    -0.75  -0.17%    -0.77%     467.07   41
  CBOT soy      1311.25    -8.50  -0.64%    -0.42%    1342.53   37
  CBOT rice      $15.40   -$0.01  -0.03%    +0.49%     $15.52   42
  WTI crude     $101.60   -$1.27  -1.23%    -1.39%    $106.43   29
  Currencies                                               
  Euro/dlr       $1.349  -$0.003  -0.20%    +0.04%
  USD/AUD         0.929   -0.003  -0.30%    -0.78%
  Most active contracts
  Wheat, corn and soy US cents/bushel. Rice: USD per hundredweight
  RSI 14, exponential

(Reporting by Colin Packham; Editing by Richard Pullin)

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