(Updates with European trading, changes dateline)
PARIS/BEIJING, June 27 (Reuters) - Chicago corn and
soybean futures rose on Friday from multi-month lows, supported
by gains in wider financial markets and signs of progress in
U.S.-China trade talks.
Wheat also regained ground after falling in the past four
sessions.
Grain market participants were adjusting positions as they
turned their attention to U.S. Department of Agriculture acreage
and stocks reports on Monday.
However, favourable supply prospects in the United States
and worldwide remained a curb on prices.
The most-active soybean contract was up 0.3% at
$10.19-1/2 per bushel at 1150 GMT, as it climbed off an earlier
2-1/2 month low at $10.13-1/4.
CBOT corn gained 1.4% to $4.09-3/4 a bushel to recover
from Thursday's eight-month low of $4.02-1/4. CBOT wheat
added 0.8% to $5.41-1/4 a bushel.
"The U.S. bear market has gradually eased in the absence of
major new developments. Market participants are now awaiting
USDA reports, particularly the planted acreage report," Argus
Media analysts said.
Share and oil prices rose on Friday after Washington
announced an agreement with China on how to expedite rare earth
shipments to the United States, boosting investor confidence in
a de-escalation of the two countries' trade war.
The tariff tussle with China has been a particular concern
for the U.S. soybean market, with U.S. exports reliant on China
as the world's biggest importer of the oilseed.
Further weakness in the dollar, as investors see chances of
bigger U.S. interest rate cuts this year, also helped underpin
commodity markets.
Supply prospects still hung over grains.
Warm weather and rains have created ideal growing conditions
for soybeans and corn in the U.S. Midwest, while in Brazil
farmers are expected to harvest a bumper second corn crop
following a record soybean harvest earlier this year.
In wheat, the International Grains Council raised its
2025-26 world wheat crop outlook by 2 million tons to 808
million on Thursday, while the European Commission increased its
forecast for the European Union's soft wheat crop by 1.6 million
tons to 128.2 million tons.
Prices at 1150 GMT
Last Change Pct Move
CBOT wheat 541.25 4.50 0.84
CBOT corn 409.75 5.75 1.42
CBOT soy 1019.50 3.00 0.30
Paris wheat 195.75 0.50 0.26
Paris maize 194.25 -0.25 -0.13
Paris rapeseed 476.00 -1.00 -0.21
WTI crude oil 65.63 0.39 0.60
Euro/dlr 1.17 0.00 0.12
Most active contracts - Wheat, corn and soy US
cents/bushel, Paris futures in euros per metric
ton