Weekly Winners & Losers
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Oil saw its largest one-week gains in more than a year last week as tensions in the Middle East continue to rise.
Dec Brent closed just above $78 on Friday, up $6.51 for a 9.1% advance on the week. Nov WTI closed the week at $74.38, up $6.20, also gaining 9.1% on the week.
Last week, almost every day was a wild ride as energies rallied big mid-session before drifting off the highs into the close.
Tuesday was particularly notable for Brent with a $5.50 trading range before settling up $1.86. Thursday was also a doozie as futures settled up nearly $4 to end the day.
Corn did its best to hitch its wagon to rallying energy markets, but ultimately met resistance end of the week.
Even though Dec saw near-1% losses both Thursday and Friday, it finished the week up 7 cents (+1.6%) for its highest weekly close since mid-June:
The correlation between corn and crude is undeniable:
In fact, when you look compare the percentage-changes in Brent, WTI & corn for the past 10 years - they are nearly identical:
While firming energy markets don’t hurt a bit - corn’s larger driver is demand (it’s been a while since I have been able to say that!!) as the US is back in the export market after a long hiatus.
In fact, we saw two flashes to unknown last week totaling more than 15 million bushels - largely expected to be Japan or Spain - two customers that might normally be leaning on inexpensive Brazilian or Ukrainian supplies at this time of year.
A picture is worth a thousand words, and in this case, some much-needed business!
US corn is substantially cheaper than both Brazil and Ukraine, driven by a
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