Grains benefit as rand slips

Maize and wheat prices rose slightly on Monday‚ buoyed by a weaker rand‚ which makes domestic agricultural products more enticing to foreign buyers...

At the close of market‚ the white maize contract due for delivery in July 2015 was up R7 to 2‚654 a ton‚ the September 2015 contract added R8 to R2‚695 a ton and the December 2015 contract climbed R10.80 to R2‚745.80 a ton.

The yellow maize contract due for delivery in July 2015 was up by R11 to R2‚420 a ton‚ the September 2015 contract lifted by R10 to R2‚457 a ton and the December 2015 contract added R9 to R2‚490 a ton.

The wheat contract due for delivery in July 2015 contract was up R18 to R3‚940 a ton‚ the September 2015 contract rose by R10 to R3‚855 a ton and the December 2015 contract was unchanged at R3‚800 a ton.

Source: BDpro