Prices of September futures on agricultural products by July 21 trade results

/IRBIS, Alima Kopbaeva, July 22, 2008/ - Prices of September futures contracts on agricultural products on Chicago and New York Board of Trades by July 21 trade results. -------------------------------------------------------- Unit Price: Trend Name measure open max. min. last -------------- ------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- wheat (CBOT) USD/bu 798.40 800.00 788.00 791.00 -1.62 corn (CBOT) USD/bu 604.40 605.00 584.00 589.20 -3.31 oat (CBOT) USD/bu 395.00 395.00 386.00 386.00 -3.55 rice (CBOT) USD/bu 17.63 17.67 17.61 17.61 -1.07 cotton (NYBOT) USD/lb 70.45 70.79 69.21 70.01 -0.65 -------------------------------------------------------- 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 Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, recent droughts in Argentina in wheat crop area led to crop area decreasing to 4.7 m. hectares. Earlier, crop area was supposed to make 4.8 - 4.9 m. hectares. In England, wheat crop area increased by 14% this year. [2008-07-22]