On Wednesday, the CME Group's corn, soybean and wheat markets are expected to start weaker.
The early calls for the commodities on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, are lower. Corn is seen opening 2-4 cents lower, soybeans 4-6 cents lower, and wheat 4-6 cents lower.
In overnight trading, the March corn futures contract traded 2 cents lower at $4.39 per bushel. March soybean futures traded 4 3/4 cents lower at $13.08. The March wheat futures contract traded 4 1/4 cents lower at $5.80. For March soybean meal futures, the contract traded $5.50 per short ton lower at $441.50; March soybean oil futures traded $0.03 higher at $37.74.
The outside markets are favorable for Wednesday's grain trade. The real factors driving the calls will be the lower overnight markets.
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