Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower on the week, and the market’s declines are likely not finished yet, one analyst says. Canola lost $42.90 in the July contract and $35.60 in the November contract in the week ended Wednesday, as a rout of fund selling pressured the market. “I think we’ve […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Room for additional downside in canola
ICE weekly outlook: Canola establishes range
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola suffered small losses during the week ended Wednesday, with both the July and November contracts chopping around the $520 per tonne mark. Losses in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soy complex weighed on canola. However, it lagged the U.S. market while receiving support from declines in the […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola gains depend on soybeans
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday and may have more room to the upside, provided the market continues to see a boost from the U.S. soy complex. “Right now, this market does not want to go down,” said senior analyst Wayne Palmer of Agri-Trend Marketing, on […] Read more
Market analysts watch for surging soybeans to peak
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — As soybeans climb the charts and help float other commodities such as canola, one market watcher says the prime selling opportunity for farmers could pass soon, as bearish factors come into play. The president of Calgary-based ProMarket Communications, Errol Anderson, said large funds are the main force that has lifted Chicago soybeans […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola prices winding down
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola markets were mixed in the week ended Wednesday, and as grower interest in selling ramps up, prices are likely to edge down. “Canola has been pushed up to some moderately high levels, and it’s been justified in being up there,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial Corp. “But […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola looks set to stay above $500
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts don’t appear to be in much danger of falling below the $500 per tonne level anytime soon. Both front-month contracts spent much of the week ended Wednesday hanging around the $520 mark. Surging action from the U.S. soy complex has kept canola supported, even on days when […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola in need of outside catalyst
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform held within a rather narrow range during the week ended Wednesday, but moved higher overall. However, further gains will take an outside catalyst, according to a market analyst. “There’s a very firm tone to the market,” said Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications. Fund traders, […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s fate rests on fund buying
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, following strength in CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybeans, but one analyst says it could be hard for the market to hold onto those advances. CBOT soybeans rallied Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture released bullish supply and demand […] Read more
Bullish canola futures hit new highs
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Both old- and new-crop canola contracts traded on the ICE Futures Canada platform climbed to new highs on Tuesday, with a bullish reaction to U.S. supply/demand data providing the catalyst for the rally. The most active July futures touched a session high of $544.60 per tonne, before settling Tuesday at $532.30. The […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola hits $500, watching volumes
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts seem to have found a new range during the week ended Wednesday, with both the July and November contracts lifting around the $500 per tonne mark. Weakness in the Canadian currency and a dry weather premium in Western Canada were behind a lot of the support. As […] Read more
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