CBOT wheat futures rise on technical trading
CHICAGO, Sept 3 (Reuters) -Chicago Board of Trade benchmark wheat futures Wv1 finished higher on Tuesday amid a flurry of technical trading and ongoing questions about the EU's low production and size of Russia's crop, market analysts said.
CBOT's December soft red winter wheat WZ24 settled up 15-1/4 cents at $5.66-3/4 per bushel.
During the session, the most-active CBOT wheat contract Wv1 reached $5.67-1/2 a bushel, the highest since July 11.
K.C. December hard red winter wheat KWZ24 ended up 11 cents to $5.76-1/4 per bushel.
MGEX December spring wheat MWEZ24 last traded up 6-1/2 cent at $6.07 a bushel.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday reported U.S. weekly export inspections of 577,944 metric tons of wheat for the week ended Aug. 29, within analysts' expectations.
Soft wheat exports from the European Union since the start of the 2024/25 season in July had reached 4.38 million metric tons by Sept. 1, compared with 5.66 million a year earlier, European Commission data publishedon Tuesday showed.
Ukrainian farmers have started winter grain sowing for the 2025 harvest, seeding the first 27,700 hectares of winter wheat, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.
Ukraine's farm ministry has agreed with traders and agriculture associations to limit wheat exports in the 2024/25 July-June season to 16.2 million metric tons, the ministry said on Tuesday.
Reporting by P.J. Huffstutter; Editing by Richard Chang
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