Corn prices are down 1 to 2 cents as futures round out the week of trade. Futures faced late pressure on Thursday, with contracts closing down 1 to 4 cents at the closing bell. Open interest was down 5,434 contracts on Thursday, heavily in the December contract. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 2 1/2 cents at $4.38 1/2.
EIA data from Thursday showed ethanol production in the week of October 9 at 1.065 million barrels per day, up 12,000 bpd on the week. Ethanol stocks were up 199,000 barrels to 23.942 million barrels. Refiner inputs were up 2,000 bpd to 899,000 bpd, as exports of ethanol slipped back by 45,000 bpd to 121,000 bpd.
