Prices of July futures on agricultural products by July 13 trade results

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/IRBIS, Alima Kopbaeva, July 14, 2008/ - Prices of July futures contracts on agricultural products on Chicago and New York Board of Trades by July 13 trade results. -------------------------------------------------------- Unit Price: Trend Name measure open max. min. last -------------- ------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- wheat (CBOT) USD/bu 817.40 917.40 802.00 819.00 +1.54 corn (CBOT) USD/bu 684.00 684.00 666.00 680.00 +0.68 oat (CBOT) USD/bu 437.00 437.00 437.00 437.00 -0.77 rice (CBOT) USD/bu 0 20.95 19.80 19.80 -5.49 cotton (NYBOT) USD/lb 66.23 66.81 64.96 66.72 +1.95 -------------------------------------------------------- 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 France Ministry of Farm activity, production of soft grade of wheat in France made 36.64 m. tons for 2008. At that, harvest increasing is expected by 19% relative to previous year. Published data coincided with harvest estimation in EU. [2008-07-14]