WINNIPEG, Manitoba--The ICE Futures canola market rebounded on Monday, receiving support from a weaker Canadian dollar and positive sentiment in comparable oils.
Chicago soyoil and Malaysian palm oil were up, as well as crude oil. However, European rapeseed was down.
Statistics Canada will release its Dec. 31 grain stocks report on Thursday, with 2023-24 canola stocks expected to rise 300,000 tonnes from the year before at 13 million.
At mid-afternoon, the loonie was down four-tenths of a U.S. cent compared to Friday's close.
There were 52,311 canola contracts traded on Monday, which compares with Friday when 55,789 contracts changed hands.
Spreading accounted for 33,544 of the contracts traded.
Settlement prices are in Canadian dollars per metric tonne.
Price Change Mar 598.30 up 6.20 May 604.20 up 5.60 Jul 608.70 up 6.10 Nov 608.80 up 6.30
Spread trade prices are in Canadian dollars and the volume represents the number of spreads:
Months Prices Volume Mar/May 5.40 under to 6.50 under 10,523 Mar/Jul 9.60 under to 10.80 under 203 Mar/Nov 10.80 under 2 May/Jul 3.90 under to 4.60 under 4,073 May/Nov 3.60 under to 4.80 under 225 May/Jan 9.00 under to 9.30 under 21 Jul/Nov 0.50 over to 1.00 under 1,632 Nov/Jan 4.80 under to 5.10 under 92 Nov/Mar 6.10 under 1
Source: Commodity News Service Canada, news@marketsfarm.com
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