il wheat si sta giocando i massimi sul raccolto EU

quindi bisogna dare un occhio anche al wheat quotato sul LIFFE
spread W-C teso come non mai, tant'è che il Cbot ha aumentato i margini
J US Wheat Review:Gains;World Balance Sheet Poised To Tighten
CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--U.S. wheat futures posted strong gains Tuesday, on fresh
speculative buying amid serious concerns about wheat crops in Europe. Chicago
wheat futures notched fresh contract highs Tuesday, while Chicago, Kansas City
and Minneapolis wheat all posted fresh contract high closes.
Chicago Board of Trade September wheat futures closed up 21 3/4 cents at
$6.42 a bushel. December futures closed up 21 1/2 cents at $6.59 a bushel.
Kansas City Board of Trade September wheat futures closed up 20 1/4 cents at
$6.30 and December futures closed up 20 1/4 cents at $6.45 1/2.
Minneapolis Grain Exchange September wheat closed up 22 cents at $6.43 1/4
and December closed up 19 1/2 cents at $6.53 1/4.
"Concerns about U.S. quality and production have been well traded, but now
the attention shifts to Europe, where wet conditions are threatening production
and quality," said a U.S. brokerage analyst. "Several key production areas in
the E.U. are under stress from heavy rainfall and that could tighten the world
balance sheet and reduce supplies of quality wheat...," said the analyst.
France, Germany and the U.K. make up over 60% of the E.U.'s total wheat
production. All three countries are experiencing major harvest delays and
threats to production due to the ongoing wet weather. "Analysts are constantly
revising their crop estimate downward," said U.K. merchant, Grainfarmers. The
merchant added that public intervention stocks are already at very low levels.
"In the U.K., it would only take a 10% output loss to completely wipe out our
export surplus," said Grainfarmers.
On the demand side, it was reported Tuesday that Egypt made another big
purchase of wheat, including a good portion from the U.S. There is also talk
Algeria is seeking at least 100,000 metric tons of soft wheat, with some
speculating the purchase could be as large as 500,000 metric tons.
Shifting back to the weather in U.S. spring wheat country, hot and dry
weather forecasts for the northern Plains states only added bullish fuel to the
upside price move in wheat futures on Tuesday.
Monday afternoon's weekly crop progress reports showed the U.S. spring wheat
crop conditions declining slightly, but still at relatively high rating levels.
The hard red winter harvest in the U.S. has finally caught up with the
five-year average, after lagging early on due to wet weather. Eighty-one
percent of the U.S. HRW crop was reported harvested in the latest week, up from
70% last week.