11.22.2024
Biodiesel margins rise, but window of opportunity limited
Biodiesel margins continued to rise during the week to Friday November 22. The bean oil/heating oil (BOHO) spread boosted margins by falling to its lowest level since August 27.
Bean oil prices rebounded on Friday in the wake of the result of the French elections. Prices have been underpressure as a robust harvest in South America and aggressive planting intensions in the U.S. have kept the bean complex under pressure. While hedge fund traders added slightly to long positions in futures and options in the latest week, they added substantionally to soybean short…