Prices of July futures on agricultural products by July 2 trade results
03.07.08 17:51
/IRBIS, Alima Kopbaeva, July 3, 2008/ - Prices of July futures contracts on
agricultural products on Chicago and New York Board of Trades by July 2 trade
results.
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Unit Price: Trend
Name measure open max. min. last
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wheat (CBOT) USD/bu 845.00 865.20 845.00 865.20 +1.81
corn (CBOT) USD/bu 716.00 749.40 716.00 748.60 +4.06
oat (CBOT) USD/bu n/a 454.00 438.00 454.00 +3.65
rice (CBOT) USD/bu 20.15 22.10 20.15 20.21 +1.43
cotton (NYBOT) USD/lb 68.33 68.34 68.33 68.33 -0.96
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The data on crops in the table are based on information of CBOT (Chicago Board
of Trade); the data on cotton and sugar - provided by NYBOT (New York Board
of Trade).
USD/bu - price in USD per grain bushel, USD/lb - price in USD per pound.
According to CBOT, traders consider that futures prices decline allowed for
American wheat to increase its competitiveness against Western Europe wheat.
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