USA: Corn closes Friday with gains on Chicago but accumulates weekly loss of up to 2%

Friday (15) comes to an end with corn futures prices registering positive movements on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). The main quotations rose up to 1.1% in this last trading session of the week, but were unable to reverse weekly losses of up to 2%. The December/24 maturity was quoted at US$ 4.24 with an appreciation of 5 points, March/25 was worth US$ 4.35 with an increase of 4.25 points, May/25 was traded at US$ 4.42 with an increase of 4.25 points and July/25 was worth US$ 4.46 with a gain of 4 points. These indexes represented increases, in relation to the closing of last Thursday (14), of 1.19% for December/24, 0.99% for March/25, 0.97% for May/25 and 0.9% for July/25. In the weekly accumulated, the contracts for the North American cereal recorded devaluations of 1.62% for December/24, 2.08% for March/25, 1.99% for May/25 and 1.87% for July/25. According to information from the international website Farm Futures, corn prices made moderate inroads after a round of bargain ...