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CHICAGO, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) futures traded mixed on Monday morning with wheat falling sharply over accelerated U.S. winter crop harvest.
As of 1443 GMT, July corn was down 5.5 cents at 3.5575 dollars per bushel while July wheat was down 9.75 cents at 4.8975 dollars and July soybean up 1 cent at 9.065 dollars per bushel.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, some 14 percent of the U.S. winter wheat crop had been collected as of last week as dry weather in the southern plains facilitated the wheat harvest.
Following three consecutive days of sharp decline, CBOT soybeans reversed the downturn on Monday morning. Enditem
