The July corn contract traded on Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) The price closed this Thursday (18) stable with a downward bias (-0.02%), quoted at R$ 63.93/sack. The September contract fell 0.37%, to R$ 67.03/sack. For the week, futures moved in opposite directions: down 0.20% and up 0.30%, respectively. In this trading session, domestic prices were pressured by the decline in equivalent corn contracts in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)The Brazilian market continues to keep a close eye on… 2025/26 winter crop, whose harvest has already begun in all states of the region. South-Central Brazil…which should significantly increase the national supply of the grain in the coming days. Survey conducted by… DATAGRO As of last Friday (12), work reached 6.4% of the cultivated area, a pace in line with that observed in the same period last year (6.5%) and the average of the last five harvests (6.6%). However, greater losses were limited by the strong appreciation of exchange, a factor that increases the competitiveness of corn destined for export. Near the end of negotiations in B3Meanwhile, the dollar rose 1.35% to R$ 5.17.
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