Markets Extra

Biggest ag commodity winners and losers of March 2021

Markets Extra01 Apr 2021by Markets Extra

Price changes below given on a spot contract basis, except palm oil on a third-in contract basis. Some non-ags are included for comparison purposes.

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Contract	End-December price	Change on month	Change for 2021
Lean hogs (Chicago)	101.05 cents a pound	15.9%	43.8%
Rapeseed (Paris)	E514.00 per tonne	4.6%	22.9%
S&P 500	3,972.89	4.2%	5.8%
Whole milk powder (NZX)	$3,890 per tonne	4.1%	20.1%
Feeder cattle (Chicago)	143.875 cents a pound	3.7%	2.8%
Soyoil (Chicago)	52.92 cents a pound	3.1%	22.1%
US dollar	93.232	2.6%	3.7%
Soybeans (Chicago)	$14.36 3/4 per bushel	2.2%	9.2%
Corn (Chicago)	$5.64 1/4 per bushel	1.6%	16.6%
Live cattle (Chicago)	120.975	0.8%	7.1%
Gold	$1,707.007 per ounce	-1.5%	-10.0%
Bcom ag	51.2733	-1.8%	6.8%
Soymeal (Chicago)	$423.20 per short ton	-2.1%	-2.6%
Bcom	83.445	-2.1%	6.9%
Hard red spring wheat (Minneapolis)	$6.10 3/4 per bushel	-3.2%	1.8%
Palm oil (Kuala Lumpur)	3,612 ringgit per tonne	-3.5%	0.3%
Brent crude	$62.74 per barrel	-5.1%	21.1%
Canola (Winnipeg)	Can$757.10 per tonne	-5.3%	20.3%
Soft red winter wheat (Chicago)	$6.18 per bushel	-5.6%	-3.5%
Feed wheat (London)	£194.00 per tonne	-6.5%	-2.3%
White sugar (London)	$420.00 per tonne	-7.7%	-0.2%
Hard red winter wheat (Kansas City)	$5.75 3/4 per bushel	-7.8%	-5.0%
Cotton (New York)	80.88 cents a pound	-7.9%	3.5%
Robusta coffee (London)	$1,342 per tonne	-8.0%	-2.3%
Arabica coffee (New York)	123.50 cents a pound	-9.8%	-3.7%
Raw sugar (New York)	14.77 cents a pound	-10.2%	-4.6%
Cocoa (London)	£1,693 per tonne	-11.5%	-2.5%
Soft milling wheat (Paris)	E215.50 per tonne	-12.0%	1.1%
Cocoa (New York)	$2,348 per tonne	-13.1%	-9.8%
Month end price for spot contract, except benchmark contract for palm oil. Dollar reported against a trade-weighted index. Spot contract values as reported by Reuters

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