Corn Posts Thursday Pop Higher

Austin Schroeder Barchart Thu Apr 24, 5:27PM CDT
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Corn futures closed out Thursday trade with contracts up 2 to 5 ¼ cents, bouncing from recent weakness. The nearby CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 5 1/2 cents at $4.50 1/2. 

The CBOT is raising daily price limits for corn futures by a nickel to 35 cents, effective on May 1.

Export Sales data from this morning showed 1.15 MMT of 2024/25 corn sold in the week ending on April 17, on the higher side of the 0.8 to 1.3 MMT estimates. That was back down 26.2% from the week prior. Japan was the top buyer in that week of 629,200 MT, with 140,600 MT to South Korea and Mexico in for 136,400 MT. New crop sales came in at 0 MT.

May 25 Corn  closed at $4.77 1/4, up 5 1/4 cents,

Nearby Cash  was $4.50 1/2, up 5 1/2 cents,

Jul 25 Corn  closed at $4.84, up 4 3/4 cents,

Dec 25 Corn  closed at $4.56 1/2, up 2 cents,

New Crop Cash  was $4.20 1/8, up 2 1/4 cents,


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