At the close at 4:30 pm (Brasília time), this Tuesday (16th), the May contract fell 3.75 points and 0.26% on the Chicago Stock Exchange (CBOT), traded at US$ 1423.25 / cents bushel. July advanced 3.50 points and 0.25%, at $ cents 1413.75 / bushel. The session continued the gains from the day before with the expectation of investors around the recovery of international demand for agricultural products from the United States. China earlier today purchased 1.156 million tonnes of US corn 2021, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Yesterday (15), the USDA pointed out that shipments of oil from the country in the last week were 59.6% above the weekly average projected by experts. In addition, there is the monitoring of vaccination against coronavirus in the world and climatic conditions in the farming regions in South America and the USA.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.