DTN Closing Grain Comments 06/14 13:40

DTN Closing Grain Comments 06/14 13:40 Wheat Leads Grain Markets Lower; Soy Complex Weakens With not a whole lot of news to drive markets, wheat once again moved lower on the advancing harvest, pulling corn with it. The soy complex could not hold early gains and faltered mid-morning, finishing lower, led by product weakness. Equities markets continued their plunge, while the U.S. Dollar Index hit the highest level in 20 years. Dana Mantini Senior Market Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: July corn closed down 1 cent per bushel and December corn was down 1/4 cent. July soybeans closed down 9 cents and November soybeans were down 8 1/2 cents. July KC wheat closed down 19 1/2 cents, July Chicago wheat was down 20 3/4 cents and September Minneapolis wheat was down 14 3/4 cents. The September U.S. Dollar Index is trading up 0.244 at 105.210. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 139.45 points at 30,377.29. August gold is down $19.80 at $1,812.00, July silver is down $0.28 at $20.98 and July copper is down $0.0710 at $4.1405. July crude oil is down $0.71 at $120.22, July heating oil is up $0.1306, July RBOB is down $0.0401 and July natural gas is down $1.390.