At the close at 4:30 pm (Brasília time), this Thursday (18th), the May contract lost 11.50 points and 2.06% on the Chicago Stock Exchange (CBOT), traded at US$ cents 546.50 / bushel . July fell 12.25 points and 2.26% to $ 530.25 / bushel. The penultimate session of the week was under pressure from a sharp drop of 25.50 points in the soybean spot, 8.50 points in common wheat and 9.07% in WTI oil on the New York Stock Exchange with market fears surrounding the crisis international economic and health policy. France, Spain, Germany, Italy and six other European countries have suspended vaccination against Oxford University's coronavirus and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca amid new growth in cases and deaths. In addition, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported today that the country's 2021/22 corn export records reached 241,000 tonnes in the week of March 11, 81.2% below the weekly average. expected, of 1.284 million tonnes. Although in the 2020/21 harvest, there were 986 thousand tons, well above the weekly average of 213 thousand tons. Of the total, 625 were destined for China, compared to 8,000 t last week. The USDA also reported that the Chinese made a purchase of 696,000 t of U.S. 2020/21 cereal, accumulating 3.076m t acquired this week.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.