The mutual trade restrictions between the West and Russia show effect also on the exchanges. Investors are unsure of themselves, so that there were no major changes in the wheat speculator in Chicago. The net short positions have decreased slightly to just under 5,000 piece on 67.033 NET short positions. While the rates in Chicago are increased slightly, while hardly changed in Paris. In recent days the courses have inserted but the reverse, so that the downward trend continues. The weaker qualities of wheat in parts of France and Germany, as well as the crisis in Ukraine "fight" against the effects of the rising end stocks over the last year. It is exciting and it is to be seen who gains the upper hand.
Corn prices also were unable to escape the trend described in the wheat and the speculators reacted with a light structure of the net long positions to 8,664 piece on now 71.688 net long positions. The courses in Paris still gave way while they largely stagnated in Chicago. But even when maize are still price pressure, because especially in the United States the yield conditions to further improve through the timely rains. Considered themselves the longer-term rate curve, it seems only a matter of time until the lows of 2007 are reaching.
