Wheat prices closed sharply lower in the US on Thursday.

The July wheat contract traded in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) It closed this Thursday (18) with a sharp drop of 7.00 points and 1.14%, quoted at US$ cents 605.75/bushel. In Kansas City Bank Exchange (KCBT)The contract expiring in the same month fell 8.50 points and 1.30%, to US$ cents 644.00/bushel. On the other hand, in the weekly segment, the assets recorded partial gains of 3.64%. CBOT and 1.50% in KCBTIn this trading session, cereal prices were pressured by the appreciation of… DXY – an index that compares the strength of the dollar against the main world currencies – which advanced 0.46%, which is unfavorable to US exports. Furthermore, the global fall in oil prices also put pressure on stock prices agricultural commodities of the United StatesHowever, greater losses were limited by international demand for US grain within market agents’ projections. According to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)In the week ending June 11, the US recorded 401,000 tons of wheat from the 2026/27 crop sold during the period. This volume is within analysts’ projections of between 300,000 and 700,000 tons. climate fieldthe extreme heat persists in wheat-producing states, such as TexasAccording to USDAIn the central region of the Great Plains, high temperatures also began to increase, affecting farmland in the ColoradoFurther north, Montana and the North Dakota they deal with low levels of air humidityTomorrow (19), trading on stock exchanges in the United States will be suspended due to the Holiday. Juneteenth.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.