At the close at 16:30 (Brasília time), this Monday (01), the March contract fell 4.75 points and 0.35% on the Chicago Stock Exchange (CBOT), traded at US$ cents 1365.25 / bushel . May fell 4.50 points and 0.33% to $ 1362.50 / bushel. The first February session received pressure from technical profit-making movements, South American weather and coronavirus vaccination still considered slow. In contrast, the market follows the report of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that brought shipments from the country in the last week 300% above the projected weekly average. In addition to the sale of 133 thousand tons of US oil from the 2020/21 harvest to the Philippines and other sales of corn.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.