DTN Early Word Grains 11/30 06:01
30 Nov 2015
DTN Early Word Grains 11/30 06:01 Cyber Monday Finds Grains Mixed March corn was unchanged, January soybeans were fractionally higher, and March Chicago wheat was fractionally lower. By Darin Newsom DTN Senior Analyst 6:00 a.m. CME Globex: March corn was unchanged, January soybeans were fractionally higher, and March Chicago wheat was fractionally lower. CME Globex Recap: The grain complex was mixed early Monday, with wheat showing solid trade volume during the overnight trade session. Pressure in general continues to come from the U.S. dollar index that rallied another 0.200. The energy complex was higher overnight while gold posted a small loss. OUTSIDE MARKETS: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 14.90 points lower Friday at 17,798.49. The NASDAQ Composite was up 11.38 points at 5,127.52. DJIA futures were 21 points higher overnight. Asian markets were mostly lower with the Nikkei down 136.47 points at 19,747.47 and China's Shanghai Composite up 0.84 points. European markets were mostly higher. The U.S. dollar index was up 0.240 at 100.260, its overnight high of 100.310 drawing closer to its long-term peak of 100.390. Crude oil was $0.52 higher at $42.23 while Brent crude was $0.63 higher at $45.49. February gold was $0.40 lower at $1,055.80. Dalian soybean futures were higher while Malaysian palm oil futures were lower.