Thursday, July 12, 2007

Chicago Soybeans Fall From 3-Year High as Investors Bet Gains Overdone

(Bloomberg) -- Soybean futures in Chicago fell for
the first day in seven after reaching a three-year high as some
investors bet recent gains were overdone and a government
forecast showed a lower-than-expected drop in U.S. inventories.

Reserve supplies before next year's harvest will fall to
245 million bushels from 320 million forecast a month ago, the
U.S. Department of Agriculture said yesterday in a report. The
average expectation of 14 analysts in a Bloomberg survey was for
224 million. The surplus on Aug. 31 of this year is estimated at
600 million bushels.


Read more at Bloomberg Commodities News

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