CBOT corn futures reach two-week high on short-covering, weather
CHICAGO, July 23 (Reuters) -Chicago Board of Trade corn futures extended a price rally into a second day on Tuesday, with the most-active contract Cv1 reaching a two-week high, on short-covering and concerns about weather-related impacts on the U.S. crop, market analysts said.
CBOT September corn CU24 settled up 2-1/4 cents at $4.02-1/2 per bushel and most-active December CZ24 corn ended up 2-1/4 cents at $4.17-1/4 per bushel.
Earlier in the session, the most-active contract Cv1 reached a high of $4.22-1/2 a bushel, the highest price since July 8.
Commodity funds hold a sizable net short position in CBOT corn futures, leaving the market open to short-covering rallies.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday confirmed private sales of 200,000 metric tons of new-crop U.S. corn to undisclosed destinations, the second daily corn sales announcement in as many days.
Traders are paying attention to reports from the western U.S. Corn Belt where fields are showing signs of plant stress, due to excessive rainfall during the spring and early summer, market analysts said.
Late Monday, USDA reported that 67% of the U.S. corn crop was in good-to-excellent condition, down one point from a week ago, but still the highest for the time of year since 2020.
Traders had expected USDA to rate 68% of the corn in good-to-excellent condition, according to a Reuters analyst poll.
Reporting by P.J. Huffstutter; Editing by Sandra Maler
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