Weekly overview of the Sofia Stock Exchange

The article reports on the current market trends for various agricultural commodities. It highlights an increase in the price of bread wheat and corn for February delivery in the US and Europe, with minor variations in prices across countries like China, France, Ukraine, and Russia. Ukraine has also seen a slight rise in barley prices. Euronext rapeseed prices have been fluctuating, while Rotterdam crude sunflower oil contracts have recovered after a dip. Conversely, refined sugar prices have been on a downward trend. The article also notes the ongoing demand for feed wheat and the trading activities in unrefined sunflower oil and black unbleached sunflower in the Bulgarian stock exchange.

This week, the price of bread wheat FOB for February delivery in Chicago is back up by $4.00 to $235.00/ton. France remains unchanged at €235.00/ton, and Ukraine, after more than a month of zero movement, moved slightly by plus $2 to $241.00/ton. In Russia, prices also remained fixed at $237.00/ton. The price movement for corn for February delivery is also moving up - in the US by $5.00 to $219.00/ton, in France the increase is €2.00 to the previous €221.00/ton. Ukraine added $1 to $224.00/ton. The price of barley in Ukraine showed some fluctuations in late December, and is now also rising by $5.00 to $222.00/t, as are the other two Ukrainian contracts. Euronext rapeseed for February 2025 delivery, which has made up for previous declines with strong increases in recent weeks, continued to fluctuate up and down, rising €4.00 to €537.25/t. The Rotterdam crude sunflower oil contract for January delivery fell from mid-to-late December, and then recovered around the first days of ...