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Corn lowers

By our correspondents
April 28, 2017

SYDNEY: U.S. corn edged lower on Thursday, extending two sessions of declines to nearly 1.5 percent, on concerns over exports to Mexico should the United States withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

The most active corn futures on the Chicago Board Of Trade (CBoT) declined 0.1 percent to $3.66-1/2 a bushel, having closed down 1.3 percent in the previous session.

The most active soybean futures climbed 0.31 percent to $9.59 a bushel, having closed down 0.9 percent on Wednesday.

The most active wheat futures slipped 0.18 percent to $4.25 a bushel, having closed down 0.23 percent in the previous session.