CBOT corn ticks higher on export demand

CHICAGO, March 3 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade corn futures spent the session chopping up and down but ended higher on Tuesday.

• Gains in energy and soy prices helped boost corn futures, traders said.

• U.S. corn export demand also remains solid.

• The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that exporters sold 196,000 metric tons of U.S. corn to unknown destinations.

• U.S. crop insurance price projections that may be used to determine indemnities for the 2026 growing season are the lowest for corn since 2021 but for soybeans they are higher than last year, USDA data showed.

• May corn CK26 settled 3/4 cent higher to $4.46-1/2 per bushel.