THE OPEN Nov beans: 2 higher Dec meal: 2.50 higher Dec soyoil: 60 lower Dec corn: 1/2 lower Dec wheat: 10 lower The markets opened as expected with profit-taking in wheat and wheat/corn spreads. Oilshare continued to leak lower as charts leaned friendly for meal and sideways for soyoil. Buy bean/sell corn and buy meal/sell soyoil trade continued throughout the session. Outside markets were weaker with stocks down sharply on geopolitical tensions over current events in Afghanistan. Prices turned lower from higher as bulls took profits into midday. SOY
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