CBOT wheat settles up as dry weather forecast for US Plains

April 7 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures closed higher on Monday as dry weather was expected in the U.S. wheat belt and tariff news created concerns for investors, according to analysts.

• CBOT May soft red winter wheat WK25 settled up 7-1/2 cents at $5.36-1/2 per bushel.

• K.C. May hard red winter wheat KWK25 ended up 1-3/4 cents at $5.59-1/4 per bushel, and Minneapolis May spring wheat MWEK25 climbed 9-1/2 cents to end at $5.94 a bushel.

• Dry weather forecast in the U.S. central and southern Plains will allow moisture shortages to expand for winter wheat, according to weather forecaster Maxar.

• U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose an additional 50% duty on U.S. imports from China on Wednesday if the world's No. 2 economy did not withdraw the 34% tariffs it had imposed on U.S. products last week.

• Beijing retaliated with those tariffs in response to 34% "reciprocal" duties announced by Trump.