At the close at 4:30 pm (Brasília time), this Monday (5th), the May contract jumped 10.75 points 0.77% on the Chicago Stock Exchange (CBOT), traded at US$ 1412.75 / bushel. July rose 8.75 points and 0.63%, at $ cents 1405.50 / bushel. The session was marked by expectations of economic recovery and world demand for agricultural products from the United States, due to the easing of social isolation in Europe and advances in vaccination against the disease. In addition, the positive impact of the USDA's Prospective Plantings report, released last week, continued, in which the country's oilseed area was estimated at 35.45 million hectares, less than expected by the market. Negatively, American soybean shipments reached 298 thousand tons in the week of April 1, below 440 thousand tons in the previous week and the projected weekly average of 311 thousand tons.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.