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Grains mixed Tuesday in Chicago

CHICAGO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Grains closed mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade Tuesday as a two-day sell-off continued on Wall Street and crude oil prices held under $60 per barrel.

Corn was off 9 1/4 to off 10 1/4, soybeans were off 32 to off 33, wheat was up 3 to up 3 1/2 and oats were unchanged.

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Corn opened lower with mostly favorable harvest forecasts predicted through the central and eastern Midwest. Wheat buyers rallied as Japan scheduled a 100,000 metric ton purchase this week. Rain is forecast for U.S. soybean areas as the harvest comes close to completion.

The prices:

Corn: Dec 3.74 1.4, off 9 1/4; Mar 3.91 3/4, off 9 3/4; May 4.03 3/4, off 10; Jul 4.15, off 10 1/4.

Soybeans: Nov 9.08, off 32; Jan 9.16, off 32; Mar 9.24 1/2, off 32 3/4, May 9.34 1/4, off 33.

Wheat: Dec 5.23 1/4, up 3 1/4; Mar 5.44, up 3 1/4; May 5.58 3/4, up 3 1/2; Jul 5.72 3/4, up 3.

Oats: Dec 2.36, unchanged; Mar 2.51 1/2, unchanged; May 2.61 1/2, unchanged; Jul 2.71 1/2, unchanged.

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