Weekly overview on the global stock markets

During this week, the upward movement of grain prices on the world stock markets calmed down and even went back minimally in some of the contracts. FOB Chicago bread wheat fell $1.00 to $269.00/t for October delivery, France was unchanged at €234.00/t. Ukraine and Russia continued with barely noticeable gains, adding $1.00 and $2.00 respectively to prices of $228.00/t and $225.00/t. The US corn price movement follows the same direction - minus $1.00 in the US to $212.00/t, in France minus €2.00 to €218.00/t, and in Ukraine, however, up again up $8.00 to $220.00/t. Wheat prices on the world market shot up Barley in Ukraine rose another $2.00 to $196.00/t for October delivery and Euronext canola for November delivery rose more strongly this week with a solid rise from 15, 00 EUR to 496.00 EUR/ton. Rotterdam crude sunflower oil contracts for October delivery, after long losses and a slight bounce higher, now bounced sharply higher, adding $65.00 to $1,180.00/t. Refined sugar also ...