
CHICAGO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade corn futures ticked up on the Friday after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday on export demand, in a day of light post-holiday trade.
CBOT March corn CH26 settled up 2-1/2 cents at $4.47-3/4 per bushel.
The USDA earlier reported U.S. corn export sales were 2.8 million tons for 2025-26 and 571,500 metric tons for 2026-27 in the week that ended on October 16.
Analysts had expected sales of 1.4 million to 2.5 million tons for 2025-26 and 500,000 to 1 million tons for 2026-27 in the week that ended on October 16, according to a Reuters poll.
U.S. exporters sold 273,988 tons of corn to unknown destinations for 2025/2026 delivery, the USDA reported.