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CBOT wheat closes lower for fifth straight day

Published December 8, 2017 Updated December 8, 2017 10:22pm

Both CBOT soft red winter wheat and K.C. hard red winter wheat offerings hit contract lows for the second day in a row.

MGEX spring wheat was steady to firm, with short-covering underpinning prices.

For the week, CBOT wheat fell 4.6 percent, K.C. wheat fell 4.2 percent and MGEX spring wheat dropped 1.9 percent.

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