BEIJING, July 28 (Reuters) - Chicago soybean futures
fell on Monday, weighed down by trade uncertainty, sluggish
demand and favourbale weather in the Midwest.
Corn dropped on prospects of a large harvest, while wheat
edged lower on ample global supply.
FUNDAMENTALS
* The most-active soybean contract on the Chicago Board of
Trade (CBOT) declined 0.78% to $10.13 per bushel by 0105
GMT.
* Corn slipped 0.3% to $4.17-6/8 a bushel. Wheat
dropped 0.09% to $5.37-6/8 a bushel.
* Soybean and corn prices came under pressure from
expectations of a large production and beneficial weather in the
Midwest crop belt.
* Weak export demand added to the pressure on soybeans, with
recent weekly U.S. export sales hovering at the lower end of
trade estimates.
* Wheat softened further as ongoing Northern Hemisphere
harvests bolstered global supply, keeping prices in check.
* In trade developments, the U.S. struck a framework trade
agreement with the European Union on Sunday, imposing a 15%
import tariff on most EU goods and averting a bigger trade war
between the two allies that account for almost a third of global
trade.
* The South China Morning Post reported on Sunday that
Beijing and Washington were expected to extend their tariff
truce by another three months at trade talks in Stockholm
beginning on Monday.
* Traders were also taking positions ahead of the Trump
administration's August 1 tariff deadline.
* In China, the agriculture ministry last Friday warned that
high temperatures and drought might persist in some parts of the
country and have adverse impacts on autumn grain production.
* Commodity funds were net sellers of CBOT soyoil, wheat,
soybean, corn and soymeal futures contracts on Friday, traders
said.
MARKET NEWS
* Global stocks rose and the euro firmed after a trade
agreement between the United States and the EU lifted sentiment
and provided clarity in a pivotal week headlined by the Federal
Reserve and the Bank of Japan policy meetings.