At the close at 4:30 pm (Brasília time), this Thursday (21st), the January contract rose 0.75 point and 0.05% on the Chicago Stock Exchange (CBOT), traded at US$ cents 1370.25 / bushel . While March gained 1.50 points and 0.11% at $ 1368.75 / bushel. The market had a day marked by signs of improvement in global demand, raising expectations with the vaccination of the coronavirus after the return of daily purchases of soybeans, corn and durum wheat. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), China purchased 136,000 tonnes of the US oilseed and another 163,290,000 t were sold to Mexico, both for the 2020/21 business year. Tomorrow (22), the US weekly export records will be updated. The technical movements of adjustments in the positions after losses in the last days also influenced the maturities, despite the limitation of the gains with the improvement in the South American climate.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.