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Soybeans rose sharply on commercial and technical buying after President Trump said he and President Xi would meet at the G20 summit in Argentina. China's tariff on US beans remains in place, and US export sales continued to be weak.
The USDA reported a September soybean crush of 169 million bushels, below expectations.
Prospects of a US-China meeting support soybean and meal prices, but ongoing tariffs and weak exports limit the upside for feed buyers.
brownfieldagnews.comNov 1, 2018After 729 past bullish trade events, Corn moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (56% higher; middle half -1.1% to +1.8%), and +0.5% over 20.
After 696 past bullish trade events, Soybeans moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.9%), and +0.7% over 20.
After 342 past bullish trade events, Soybean Meal moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -1.1% to +2.6%), and +0.6% over 20.
After 224 past bullish trade events, Soybean Oil moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -1.5% to +2.1%), and -0.5% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
Soybeans rose sharply on commercial and technical buying after Trump said he and Xi would meet at the G20; the trade-talk hopes are a plausible demand and sentiment driver, though the article is dated Nov 1 and the move may have started in the final hours of Oct 31.
