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CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu:

OpenHighLowLastChg.
WHEAT
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
May	617½	617½	617½	617½	—10¾
Jul	640	640¾	628¾	630½	—10¾
Sep	651¼	652½	640½	642¼	—10¼
Dec	667	669	657	659¼	—9¾
Mar	677½	680¼	669	671¼	—9½
May	683½	685	675½	677¾	—9
Jul	685½	686½	676½	678½	—8¾
Sep	692	692	688	688	—9¼
Dec	709¼	709¼	701¼	701¼	—10¾
Est. sales 60,296.	Wed.’s sales 96,875
Wed.’s open int 367,763,	up 633
CORN
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
May	641¾	648	633½	634¼	—11¼
Jul	591	592¾	583¼	585½	—8½
Sep	520¾	520¾	514½	516½	—6¼
Dec	518¾	519¼	513	515	—5¾
Mar	528½	528½	523	524¼	—6¼
May	534¼	534½	529	530	—6¼
Jul	536	536¾	532	533½	—5¾
Sep	514	514	510¼	510¾	—5¾
Dec	510½	510½	505	505	—7¾
Mar	513½	513½	512¼	512¼	—7¾
May	514¼	514¼	514¼	514¼	—7¾
Jul	515½	515½	515½	515½	—7¼
Dec	472½	472½	471½	472	—5
Dec	461½	461½	461½	461½	—1¾
Est. sales 189,552.	Wed.’s sales 356,403
Wed.’s open int 1,278,189,	up 8,315
OATS
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Jul	333½	336	322¼	334	—3½
Sep	328¼	336¼	328	336¼	—3½
Dec	343½	347½	340	347½
Mar	351¾	351¾	350	350	—6¾
Est. sales 448.	Wed.’s sales 386
Wed.’s open int 4,501
SOYBEANS
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
May	1437¾	1446	1420	1445	+8½
Jul	1403	1413½	1385¼	1405	+1
Aug	1336	1344	1319¾	1336¾
Sep	1267½	1272¾	1251¾	1267	—	¾
Nov	1250	1253	1234½	1246½	—4¼
Jan	1259¾	1261¾	1244¾	1256	—5
Mar	1264½	1265½	1249½	1260¼	—5¼
May	1269½	1271	1255	1266	—5¾
Jul	1273¾	1274¾	1261½	1270¼	—5¾
Aug	1259¼	1259¼	1259¼	1259¼	—5
Nov	1220½	1224¼	1205	1222¼	+¾
May	1205½	1205½	1205½	1205½	+½
Jul	1210½	1210½	1210½	1210½	+1¼
Nov	1162	1162	1162	1162	+2¼
Est. sales 157,759.	Wed.’s sales 151,750
Wed.’s open int 625,811,	up 7,067