Prices of July futures on agricultural products by July 3 trade results
04.07.08 21:23
/IRBIS, Alima Kopbaeva, July 4, 2008/ - Prices of July futures contracts on
agricultural products on Chicago and New York Board of Trades by July 3 trade
results.
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Unit Price: Trend
Name measure open max. min. last
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wheat (CBOT) USD/bu 860.00 877.00 858.00 872.60 +0.86
corn (CBOT) USD/bu 738.00 750.00 734.00 748.60 +0.35
oat (CBOT) USD/bu n/a 455.00 454.00 455.00 +0.22
rice (CBOT) USD/bu 20.15 20.80 20.10 20.80 +1.48
cotton (NYBOT) USD/lb 67.51 67.51 67.31 67.31 -0.15
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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 report, wheat export shows high sales in USA during the
week. It made 668, 100 tons, when forecast of USA Department of Agriculture
was 371, 000 tons. Total trade volume for today makes 34.0% from that of the
forecast, compared to data of last year (21.3%).
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