Happy Holy Thursday!
Good Morning!
We kickoff the day with Export Sales and Jobless Claims at 7:30 A.M., EIA Gas Storage at 9:30 A.M. and Cattle on Feed at 2:00 P.M. On the Corn front the focus is light volume holiday trade with Good Friday and Passover tomorrow. The market is also gauging what strides will be made in the ongoing trade talks and weather that is not cooperating with five-day weather forecast of more rains that will bring more wet weather to the already saturated fields that is delaying plantings further. Funds remain record shorts while Elevators and farmers are not selling at these price levels. The clock is ticking in the Plains and Mid-West which may not make the Mid-May deadline to get the crop in the ground. In the overnight electronic session the May Corn is currently trading at 358 ½, which is a ¼ of a cent higher. The trading range has been 359 ¼ to 357 ½.
On the Ethanol front the May contract is currently trading at 1.328 which is .004 lower. The trading range has been 1.330 to 1.327. The market is currently showing 1 bid @ 1.333 and 1 offer @ 1.336 with 19 contracts traded and Open Interest dropping to 610 contracts. No new headlines as we follow Gasoline and Grain fundamentals.
On the Crude Oil front we remain bullish with the global economic boom to the private sector. The Crude Oil and Products see the demand and growth while shortages will become an even larger factor in the future for Diesel and Gasoline while Iran, Libya and Venezuela on the disabled list. In the overnight electronic session the May Crude Oil is currently trading at 6389 which is 13 points higher. The trading range has been 6416 to 6346.
On the Natural Gas front the bears continue their reign of terror with the market still looking bearish even this deep in the hole. We have the weekly EIA Gas Storage data today and the Thomson Reuters poll; with 18 analysts participating expecting builds ranging from 68 bcf to 99 bcf with the median build of 87 bcf. This compares to the one-year draw of 20 bcf and the five-year average increase of 47 bcf. In the overnight electronic session the May contract is currently trading at 2.507 which is 1 cent lower. The trading range has been 2.515 to 2.500.
Have a Great Trading Day!