Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying, with contracts closing at multi-month highs, all at or above $9. China bought 132,000 tons of new crop U.S. beans, the eighth business day in a row with a new sale to either China or unknown destinations, bringing the running total to 3,013,300 tons, mostly new crop. The sales come despite continued political tensions between the U.S. and China. Weekly numbers were neutral with strong new crop sales, but slow old crop numbers and shipments.
