Prices of July futures contracts on agricultural products by June 26 trade results

/IRBIS, Alima Kopbaeva, June 27, 2008/ - Prices of July futures contracts on agricultural products on Chicago and New York Board of Trades by June 26 trade results. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Unit Price: Change Name measure open max. min. last for day -------------- ------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- wheat (CBOT) USD/bu 918.00 947.40 918.00 924.00 +2.46% corn (CBOT) USD/bu 740.40 760.00 740.40 753.60 +3.23% oat (CBOT) USD/bu 428.00 435.40 428.00 435.40 +2.11% rice (CBOT) USD/bu 19.55 19.55 18.96 19.00 -2.36% cotton (NYBOT) USD/lb 77.82 74.25 72.82 73.75 +1.50% sugar (NYBOT) USD/lb 11.55 11.80 11.37 11.69 +1.72% ---------------------------------------------------------------- The data on crops in table are based on information of CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade); data on cotton and sugar - NYBOT (New York Board of Trade). USD/bu means price in USD per grain bushel, USD/lb - means price in USD per pound. Crops market remains stable. In the nearest future, traders expect wheat from Germany on the market, where harvest is forecast 9 % higher than that of last year. Anxieties about further harvests in Argentina and Eastern Australia make damping influence on the market. Droughty weather may hold on for another 10 days there. Let us remind that Australia is the third huge crops deliverer on the world market. [2008-06-27]