Wheat Closes Mixed, as Winter Wheats Fade

Wheat is facing pressure on Thursday morning following Putin comments of Pease overnight,, with contracts down 24 to 32 cents. The wheat complex closed the midweek session with winter wheats fading lower and spring wheat closing higher. Chicago SRW contracts were down 2 to 9 ¼ cents on Wednesday. Open interest was up 7,089 contracts. There were another 19 deliveries overnight against Sep CBT wheat. KC HRW futures were down 1 ¾ to 11 cents in most contracts at the close. Open interest was up 2,994 contracts. MPLS spring wheat was the firmest of the three exchanges, up 4 ¼ to 12 cents.

Early this morning Russia’s President Putin stated there was a chance of the peace deal with Ukraine. 

Export Sales data will be released on Thursday morning, with traders looking for between 350,000 and 600,000 MT of wheat sales in the week ending on August 27. 

Saudi Arabia issued a tender for 535,000 MT of wheat overnight, with a deadline for Friday. 

Sep 26 CBOT Wheat  closed at $7.54 3/4, down 9 1/4 cents, currently unch

Dec 26 CBOT Wheat  closed at $7.74, down 8 1/2 cents, currently down 32 cents

Sep 26 KCBT Wheat  closed at $8.14 3/4, down 11 cents, currently down 11 3/4 cents

Dec 26 KCBT Wheat  closed at $8.34 1/4, down 11 cents, currently down 27 1/4 cents

Sep 26 MIAX Wheat  closed at $7.60 3/4, up 4 1/4 cents, currently down 4 3/4 cents

Dec 26 MIAX Wheat  closed at $7.82, up 5 1/4 cents, currently down 24 1/4 cents

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