On Friday, the CME Group's corn, soybean and wheat markets are expected to start lower.
The early calls for the commodities on Friday, January 17, 2014, are weaker. Corn is seen opening 2-4 cents lower, soybeans 6-8 cents lower, and wheat 1-2 cents lower.
In overnight trading, the March corn futures contract traded 2 cents lower at $4.26 per bushel. The March soybean futures traded 6 cents lower at $13.09. The March wheat futures contract traded 2 cents lower at $5.70. For March soybean meal futures, the contract traded $3.40 per short ton lower at $428.60; March soybean oil futures traded $0.19 lower at $37.86.
The outside markets are unfavorable for Friday's grain trade. The real factors driving the calls will be the lower overnight market
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