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CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu:

OpenHighLowLastChg.
WHEAT
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Dec	574½	579½	565	570	—3¼
Mar	592½	596¾	583½	587¾	—3¼
May	602¼	606½	593¾	597¾	—3½
Jul	608½	611¾	599¾	603½	—3½
Sep	619	622¾	611	614¾	—3¾
Dec	633	637½	626¼	630	—3¾
Mar	648¼	648¼	636¾	637	—7¼
Est. sales 122,495.	Wed.’s sales 115,413
Wed.’s open int 446,340,	up 3,052
CORN
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Dec	425¾	428	422¼	426¾	+½
Mar	438½	441	436	439¾	+¾
May	445¼	447¾	443¼	447	+1¼
Jul	449	451½	446½	450¼	+¾
Sep	441½	442½	438½	441¼	—	½
Dec	445¼	446½	442¼	445	—	¾
Mar	455	456¾	453½	454¾	—1½
May	462¾	463	459¼	459¾	—2¾
Jul	467	467	463	463¾	—2¼
Sep	452½	452½	452¼	452¼	—	¾
Dec	453¼	455¾	452	453½
Dec	453¾	453¾	453¾	453¾	+1¼
Est. sales 665,505.	Wed.’s sales 489,988
Wed.’s open int 1,679,135,	up 5,501
OATS
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Dec	391	391	379½	383¼	—8½
Mar	391	391¾	380¾	385¼	—6¾
May	385	386¼	383	386¼	—4¾
Jul	380	380	380	380	—5¾
Est. sales 548.	Wed.’s sales 548
Wed.’s open int 4,422,	up 52
SOYBEANS
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Nov	997	1013½	989¾	1011½	+17
Jan	1004	1023¾	1000½	1022¾	+19
Mar	1015	1034	1011¾	1033¼	+18½
May	1029¼	1047¼	1026½	1046¼	+17
Jul	1042¼	1058¾	1039¼	1058¼	+16¼
Aug	1043½	1058	1039¾	1058	+15¾
Sep	1033¾	1046½	1029½	1046½	+14¾
Nov	1032	1046¼	1029¼	1046	+14
Jan	1044	1056	1040¼	1056	+13¾
Mar	1053	1058¾	1044¾	1058¾	+13¾
May	1055½	1065	1055½	1065	+13¾
Jul	1062¾	1071½	1061¾	1071½	+12¼
Nov	1049¼	1058¼	1048¾	1058¼	+13¼
Est. sales 409,986.	Wed.’s sales 384,154
Wed.’s open int 861,852,	up 16,699

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