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- 24 June 1998
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24 June 1998

Currencies and grain trading


Wednesday, 24 June, 1998

  • £1=DM3.007 / FFr10.077 / $1.666

  • French FOB spot wheat value: FFr 680 (£ 67.48)

  • Chicago July wheat at close: $2.91 (£ 64.10)



TRADING ws very flat yesterday. ONIC rejected 70,000 t of French wheat offered to intervention, which could put pressure on old-crop wheat.





Prices at Tuesdays
wheat futures close:


MONTH Close Change
JUL 77.50 +0.25
SEP 73.00 0.00
NOV 75.00 0.00
JAN 77.00 0.00
MAR 79.00 0.00
MAY 81.00 0.00

    Approximate commodity
    values, £/ tonne, ex-farm:






    June Class 1 milling115
    June feed wheat71
    June feed barley65
    Harvest feed wheat66
    Harvest barley62




  • Information provided by BDR Agriculture Ltd, Harvest House, 64 North Street, Bourne, Lincolnshire PE10 9AJ – click here for further details

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