At 2.30 pm (Brasília time), this Monday (19th), the May contract registered gains of 18.25 points and 1.31% on the Chicago Stock Exchange (CBOT), traded at US$ 1452.75 / bushel . July was up 16.25 points and 1.16%, at $ cents 1439.00 / bushel. The maturities were marked by the bullish movement of the last week, climate in Brazil and recent signs of recovery of the global economy amid vaccination against the coronavirus. Global demand is also on the radar, generating expectations for improvement, mainly from China. Despite this, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported today that shipments of soybeans from the country reached a total of 184,000 tonnes in the week of April 15, well below the weekly average of 353,000 tonnes projected for the 2020/21 harvest.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.