CBOT wheat ends near even with rains in U.S. Plains
CHICAGO, April 25 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures closed almost flat Friday, pressured by favorable weather in major production zones, as predicted by forecasters.
CBOT July soft red winter wheat WN25 settled up 1/2 cent at $5.45 per bushel.
K.C. July hard red winter wheat KWN25 ended up 1/4 cent at $5.51 per bushel.
Minneapolis July spring wheat MWEN25 finished flat at $6.07-3/4 a bushel.
Wheat futures were pressured by rain that has brought relief to crops in dry parts of the U.S. Plains, northern Europe and southern Russia, according to forecaster Vaisala.
A state grains buyer in Syria is still considering price offers in an international tender to buy about 100,000 metric tons of soft milling wheat, which closed this week with no purchase yet made, European traders said on Friday.
Ukrainian farmers have sown 2 million hectares of grain as of April 24, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.
The area included 199,800 hectares of spring wheat.
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