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KCBT Wheat Futures Open Interest Exceeds Last April's Figures

Date 01/05/2000

Wheat futures open interest at the Kansas City Board of Trade in April exceeded April 1999 open interest by 2.9 percent.

The industry was anxiously awaiting the onset of crop tour reports for the hard red winter wheat producing areas and the start of harvest in areas of Texas. While waiting for these market-setting reports, activity was a little slower in all areas of the wheat market.

Open interest measures the number of open trading positions in a market. Each KCBT wheat futures contract represents 5,000 bushels of wheat.