On March 3, Russia purchased only 3 thsd tonnes of grains to the intervention fund

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APK-Inform

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On March 3, 2015, Russia held the regular stock exchange trading within frames of public grain purchasing interventions, and purchased only 3.105 thsd tonnes of grains of the harvest-2014 (from the general proposed volume of 10.125 thsd tonnes) at the sum of 31.158 mln RUR, declared the press-service of National Mercantile Exchange CJSC.

In particular, the fund purchased 3.105 thsd tonnes of 3-grade wheat only (from the proposed volume of 4.995 thsd tonnes).

The trades on 1.08 thsd tonnes of 4-grade wheat, 2.7 thsd tonnes of 5-grade wheat, 1.35 thsd tonnes of 1-grade rye were invalidated.

The weighted average prices of the grains sold to the intervention fund were as follows:

- 3-grade wheat – 8787.7 RUR/t;

- 4-grade wheat – 7329.6 RUR/t;

- 5-grade wheat – 7867.1 RUR/t;

- 1-grade rye – 5054.7 RUR/t;

- feed barley – 5148.8 RUR/t.

Since the beginning of the stock exchange trading (September 30, 2013) the intervention fund already purchased 368.26 thsd tonnes of grains at the general sum of 2.341 bln RUR.

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