Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Terra Nitrogen, (NYSE:TNH), CF Industries (NYSE:CF), Syngenta and Higher Corn Prices

Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (NYSE:TNH), CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) and Syngenta AG (NYSE:SYT) all moved up strongly on Monday as the market digested the lower estimates related to corn, soybeans and wheat, and especially corn and soybeans, whose estimates were lowered by over 20 percent each.

CF Industries and Terra were both up over three percent, while Syngenta moved up over 1 percent on the day.

Much of the agriculture sector increased in share price on Monday, including most farming equipment makers, fertilizer companies and some seed companies, including Monsanto (NYSE:MON).

Larger fertilizer companies like Potash (NYSE:POT), Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) and Agrium (NYSE:AGU) went positive, all up over 1.5 percent, with Agrium finishing up over 2.3 percent.

Syngenta AG moved up at the levels of Potash and Mosaic, closing the day at $53.81, up $0.72, or 1.36 percent. Terra Nitrogen closed the session at $106.52, rising $3.12, or 3.02 percent. CF Industries ended the day at $113.45, gaining $3.55, or 3.23 percent.

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