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Wheat prices spiked to a three-year high and then reversed after Ukraine issued conflicting statements about possible limits on milling wheat exports. The mixed signals left the market confused about whether export restrictions would be imposed.
Potential Ukrainian export limits would tighten global wheat supply and support feed grain prices, but the reversal shows the market is discounting unconfirmed policy talk.
bloomberg.comVolodymyr Verbianyi, Isis AlmeidaAug 2, 2018After 182 past bullish policy events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (52% higher; middle half -1.9% to +1.4%), and -0.3% 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.
Conflicting Ukrainian export-limit signals created volatility and risk premium in wheat, though the date is a few days before the move.
