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most active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)
was up 5.7% at $8.77-3/4 a bushel at 0816 GMT, after reaching
$8.93 earlier in the day for its highest since Oct. 14.
Wheat futures hit a record high of $13.64 a bushel in March.
Corn rose 2.6% to $6.98-1/4 a bushel and soybeans added 0.6% to
$14.09-1/4 a bushel.
"This is an inflationary move, supporting prices of wheat and
corn," one Singapore-based trader said. "Prices have risen but
further gains will depend on how the situation unfolds."
Moscow suspended its participation in the Black Sea deal on
Saturday in response to what it called a major Ukrainian drone
attack on its fleet in Russia-annexed Crimea.
Kyiv said Russia was making an excuse for a prepared exit from
the accord and Washington said it was weaponising food.
Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of wheat booked for delivery to
Africa and the Middle East are at risk after Russia's
withdrawal, with Ukrainian corn exports to Europe also expected
to be hit, two other Singapore-based traders said.
The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine said they are pressing
ahead on the grains export deal with a transit plan in place for
16 ships on Monday.
Under the U.N.-brokered grains deal, a Joint Coordination Centre
(JCC) comprising U.N., Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian officials
agrees on the movement of ships and inspects the vessels. More
than 9.5 million tonnes of corn, wheat, sunflower products,
barley, rapeseed and soy have been exported from the Black Sea
since July.
Grain markets have been sensitive to developments in Moscow's
eight-month-old invasion of Ukraine because the two countries
are among the world's largest suppliers of wheat.
(Reporting by Naveen ThukralEditing by Tom Hogue and David
Goodman)
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