The wheat complex held onto weakness across the three exchanges at the final bell on Thursday. Chicago SRW contracts were down 3 ¾ to 6 ¾ cents on the session. KC HRW futures posted 5 to 8 ½ cent losses. MPLS spring wheat was 1 to 3 1/2 cents in the red on Thursday.
Export Sales data from this morning showed 325,935 MT in wheat sales for 2026/27 in the week of 9/10. That was a 3 week high but still 14.65% below the same week last year. The Philippines was the top buyer of 189,600 MT, with 70,300 MT sold to Mexico and 51,500 MT to South Korea.
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SovEcon estimates the combined wheat exports from Russia and Ukraine in the July through September period to total 8 MMT, which would be shy of the 16.4 MMT in the same period last year.
Dec 26 CBOT Wheat closed at $7.27, down 3 3/4 cents,
Mar 27 CBOT Wheat closed at $7.43, down 3 3/4 cents,
Dec 26 KCBT Wheat closed at $7.94 1/2, down 5 cents,
Mar 27 KCBT Wheat closed at $8.07, down 5 1/4 cents,
Dec 26 MIAX Wheat closed at $7.53 1/2, down 3 1/2 cents,
Mar 27 MIAX Wheat closed at $7.72 1/2, down 3 1/4 cents,
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