SINGAPORE, May 8 (Reuters) - Chicago wheat gained for

the first time in four sessions on Friday, while soybeans inched

higher as oil prices bounced back on renewed tensions between

the U.S. and Iran.

FUNDAMENTALS

* The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of

Trade (CBOT) rose 0.3% to $6.14-1/4 a bushel, as of 0024

GMT, and soybeans added 0.1% to $11.93 a bushel. Corn fell

0.1% to $4.67-1/4 a bushel.

* All three products are on track for a weekly decline due

to long liquidation amid easing Middle East concerns earlier

this week.

* The United States and Iran exchanged fire on Thursday in

the most serious test yet of their month-long ceasefire, but

Iran said the situation returned to normal while the U.S. said

it did not want to escalate.

* Market participants are also closely monitoring weather in

the drought-hit U.S. wheat belt, where this week's rainfall

missed some critically dry areas and may have arrived too late

or in insufficient amounts to prevent crop damage elsewhere,

analysts said.

* However, freezing temperatures caused only minimal frost

damage, lowering some weather concerns.

* The U.S. Department of Agriculture's weekly report said

31% of the nation's winter wheat crop was in good to excellent

condition, up from 30% last week but still the lowest for this

time of the year since 2023.

MARKET NEWS

* Oil rose and U.S. stock futures slipped in early trade on

Friday, after the United States and Iran exchanged fire and put

a month-long Middle East ceasefire in doubt.

DATA/EVENTS (GMT)

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1230 US Non-Farm Payrolls Apr

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1230 US Average Earnings YY Apr

1400 US U Mich Sentiment Prelim May