At 2:46 pm (Brasília time), this Thursday (25th), the May contract retreated 6.75 points and 1.22% on the Chicago Stock Exchange (CBOT), traded at US$ cents 546.50 / bushel. July was down 5.25 points and 0.98%, at $ cents 532.00 / bushel. Maturities followed the sharp drop of 18 points in the soybean spot, 10 points in common wheat and -5.03% in WTI oil on the New York Stock Exchange. In addition to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) bulletin, which pointed out that the country's 2021/22 corn export records totaled 145,000 tonnes in the week of March 18, well below the projected weekly average. , of 1.282 million tons. In the 2020/21 harvest, 4,482 million tonnes were registered in the period, with 3,891 million tonnes destined for China. The market also remains concerned about the worsening of the coronavirus pandemic and the lack of significant signs of recovery in global demand. Despite the fact that the USDA reported a sale of 111,000 tonnes of American cereal 2020/21 to Japan.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.