At 2:51 pm (Brasília time), this Monday (08), the contracts for May and July were up 0.75 points and 0.14% on the Chicago Stock Exchange (CBOT), traded at US$ cents 546.50 / bushel and $ cents 534.75 / bushel, respectively. The session continues the upward movement of last week, in addition to reflecting adjustments in positions, gains of 13 points in the soybean spot and weekly shipments from the United States better than expected by the market. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported earlier that the country shipped 1.544 million tonnes of corn, down from 2.047m t last week, but 4.4% above the weekly average of 1.478m t designed by the market. In addition, there is attention to the delay in planting winter corn in Brazil and a positive financial result with advances in vaccination against the coronavirus.
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