CBOT Wheat Soars on Fund Buying While Soybeans Sag on Favorable South American Weather; Hope Persists for a US/China Phase 1 Deal

** CBOT values are mixed at midday with the grains firm while soybeans sag on another round of fund selling. The volume of trade is US holiday restrained with January soybeans taking aim at $8.91 chart-based support (uptrend line). Wheat futures are higher on short covering amid the lack of deliverable CBOT receipts and the…