CBOT wheat ends mixed on bargain buying, big global supply

CHICAGO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended narrowly mixed on Thursday as abundant global supplies retrained gains stemming from bargain buying after the market's drop to near-five-year lows, analysts said.

• CBOT December soft red winter wheat WZ25 settled 3/4 cent lower at $5.06-1/2 per bushel. The most-active contract Wv1 has been hovering near a five-year low of $5.00-3/4 set in August.

• K.C. December hard red winter wheat KWZ25 last traded 2-3/4 cents lower at $4.90-1/2 a bushel.

• Minneapolis December spring wheat MWEZ25 rose 1-1/2 cents to finish at $5.57 a bushel.

• Trading in grain markets has remained cautious this week due to a lack of updated U.S. Department of Agriculture crop data as the agency suspended the release of key reports due to a government shutdown. The agency had been scheduled to issue its monthly supply and demand report and weekly export sales data earlier on Thursday.

• Russia, the world's biggest wheat exporter, is set to reduce its winter and spring wheat sown area by over 6% this year in favor of growing more oilseeds, the country's deputy agriculture minister said.