Grains Weekly Stats

Posted by Nogger - a legend in his own mind at 12:37 | Categorized as

Another week of extreme volatilty in the grain markets saw Chicago wheat close almost 10% higher on the week, yet astonishingly also 13.7% down on the week's high of USD8.41/bushel.

London and Paris wheat closed around 7% higher on the week, but 10% below the weekly highs set on Thursday:

Commodity      Month  Fri Cls  Weekly Gain  Weekly High (vs Fri Cls)  
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CBOT wheat     Sep10  725.75  +64.25 (+ 9.7%)  841.00 (-13.7%)
Paris wheat    Nov10  210.50  +15.25 (+ 7.8%)  236.00 (-10.8%)
London wheat   Nov10  152.00  + 8.55 (+ 6.7%)  169.00 (-10.0%) 
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Paris corn     Nov10  189.50  +11.00 (+ 6.1%)  210.00 (- 9.8%)
Paris rapeseed Nov10  374.75  + 7.50 (+ 2.0%)  390.75 (- 4.1%)
Paris barley   Nov10  230.00  +29.00 (+14.4%)  230.00 (  0.0%)
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