At the close at 4:30 pm (Brasília time), this Tuesday (27th), the May contract retreated 19.25 points 1.23% on the Chicago Stock Exchange (CBOT), traded at US$ 1549.75 / bushel. July fell 19.75 points and 1.28%, at $ cents 1519.50 / bushel. The second session of the week was driven by technical profit-making movements after the jump of more than 29 points the day before and the worsening of the coronavirus in India. Despite the intense cold in the United States and signs of recovery in global demand with the sale of 101.6 thousand tons of corn to unknown destinations. US soybean shipments also reached 234,000 tonnes in the week of April 22, below the weekly average of 357,000 tonnes forecast by analysts, as reported by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the previous day.
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