At the close at 4:30 pm (Brasília time), this Friday (5th), the March contract fell 5.75 points and 0.42% on the Chicago Stock Exchange (CBOT), traded at US$ 1366.75 / bushel . May fell 3.50 points and 0.26% to $ 1365.75 / bushel. Maturities were pressured by the technical movement of profit realization after gains for most of the day and the day before due to the strike in Argentina and the weather in South America. In addition, the market was aware of the continued spread of the coronavirus and missed news of sales of oil from the United States above 100 thousand tons, as corn registered today.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.