US cereals’ benchmark futures gain on trade market confusion

24.12.2019

Chicago soybean, corn and wheat futures edged up on Monday in quiet conditions as the market waited to see whether agreed purchases of U.S. farm goods by China would materialise.

The Chicago Board of Trade’s most active soybean futures contract was up 0.3% at $9.30-3/4 a bushel at 1105 GMT.

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