Currencies and grain trading
19 May 1998
Currencies and grain trading
Tuesday, 19 May, 1998
OLD-CROP futures drifted once again as UK wheat was still priced £3 over French and the French market was still falling. There were more reports of Soissons in ear, which would give a combining date of around 23 July.
Prices at Mondays
wheat futures close:
MONTH
Close
Change
MAY
75.60
-0.90
JULY
77.00
-0.75
SEP
78.00
-0.25
NOV
80.00
-0.25
JAN
82.00
-0.25
MAR
84.00
-0.25
Approximate commodity
values, £/ tonne, ex-farm:
May Class 1 milling 113
May feed wheat 72
May feed barley 70/72
Harvest feed wheat 70
Harvest barley 66
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