Ram Gopal Yadav

The tender, which calls for 81,115 MT of US wheat. Taxes winter wheat harvest is 58% complete. In addition, 87% of the nation crop is headed, with most Southern state all or nearly all headed. Japan Ministry of Agriculture import 14,010 tonnes of feed-quality wheat for livestock use via a simultaneous buy and sell (SBS) auction that closed late on Wednesday. The ministry had sought 120,000 tonnes of feed wheat and 200,000 tonnes of feed barley to be loaded by Sept. 30 and arrive in Japan by Nov. 30 in the tender that is usually conducted weekly.

Algeria state grains agency OAIC bought around 450,000 tonnes of milling wheat in a tender which closed on Wednesday. The origin is optional but the wheat likely to be mainly sourced from France. Prices were between $197.25 to $199 a tonne, cost and freight included, much of the purchase was done between $197.25 to $197.75 a tonne c&f.

Paris wheat futures rose to their highest in almost a month as the market again tracked weather-fuelled gains in U.S. prices. Front-month September milling wheat on the Paris-based Euronext exchange settled 1.75 euros, or 1.0 percent, higher at 168.50 euros a tonne. It earlier rose to 169.25 euros, its highest since May 12, filling a chart gap as it pulled away from a contract low of 165.00 euros hit.

Wheat gains more ground, near 1-month top. Wheat traded near its highest level in more than a month on adverse U.S. weather. Wheat added 0.5 percent to $4.46-3/4 a bushel after closing up 2 percent when prices hit highest since May 4 at $4.48-3/4 a bushel. Hot and dry weather in the northern U.S. Plains and northern Midwest is expected over the weekend, potentially damaging crops.

In Kota, Rajasthan, rain in last few hours has hit supplies, triggering concern over quality of stocked grain. Mill-quality wheat was sold in Kota, up 10-15 rupees from previous close. In Delhi, prices of wheat rose due to lower arrivals from Uttar Pradesh. Mill-quality wheat was sold in Delhi up 30 rupees from previous clsoe.