Corn Bulls Continue Back to Push Higher on Thursday Morning
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AAPL TSLA AMZN META AMD NVDA PEP COST ADBE GOOG AMGN HON INTC INTU NFLX ADP SBUX MRNA AAPL TSLA AMZN META AMD NVDA PEP COST ADBE GOOG AMGN HON INTC INTU NFLX ADP SBUX MRNA AAPL TSLA AMZN META AMD NVDA PEP COST ADBE GOOG AMGN HON INTC INTU NFLX ADP SBUX MRNA Stocks Corn Bulls Continue Back to Push Higher on Thursday Morning December 18, 2025 — 10:34 am EST Written by Austin Schroeder for Barchart-> Corn price action is steady to up 1 ¾ cents so far. Futures posted gains of 2 to 4 ½ cents on Wednesday. Preliminary open interest was up 2,852 contracts. Demand continues to be solid, with record ethanol and exports. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price as up 4 cents to $3.96 3/4. Export Sales data will be updated for the week of 11/27 this morning, with traders looking for between 1-2 MMT of corn sales. Don’t Miss a Day: From crude oil to coffee, sign up free for Barchart’s best-in-class commodity analysis. EIA data from Wednesday showed another record ethanol corn grind for the week ending on December 12, up 26,000 barrels per day week/week to 1.131 million bpd. Despite the increased output, stocks saw a draw of 157,000 barrels to 22.353 million barrels. That came as ethanol exports were up 66,000 bpd to 191,000 bpd, with refiner inputs of ethanol rising 55,000 barrels per day from the week prior to 906,000 bpd.Commitment of Traders data, now as of December 2, showed spec funds adding back 34,142 contracts to the long side in that week, mainly on short covering. That flipped their net position to long in corn futures and options to 23,270 contracts as of that dateBrazil’s December corn exports are estimated to total 6.35 MMT according to ANEC, a 0.05 MMT increase from the week prior.Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.40 1/2, up 4 cents, currently up 1 3/4 cents Nearby Cash was $3.96 3/4, up 4 cents,May 26 Corn closed at $4.47 3/4, up 3 1/4 cents, currently up 1 1/2 centsJul 26 Corn closed at $4.53 1/2, up 2 1/2 cents, currently up 1 1/4 cents On the date of publication, Austin Schroeder did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. For more information please view the Barchart Disclosure Policy here. More news from Barchart Grain, Cotton Futures Markets Look Heavy.
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