Wheat flat to slightly lower, consolidating after last week's multi-month lows. Rallies capped by ample global supplies and seasonal pressure from the ongoing US winter wheat harvest.
CBOT July corn last traded up 1/2 cent at $3.25-1/2 per bushel.
The CM ordered for taking necessary steps to keep the prices of wheat and flour within the reach of the common man as the Punjab government had purchased record wheat during the current season.
The prime minister also directed for immediate implementation of all the decision taken in consultation with the provincial governments in this regard.
The resolve was made at a high-level meeting held at the Finance Division here to review the wheat and flour situation in the country and the causes for recent increase in wheat and flour prices, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
Front-month September milling wheat on the Paris-based Euronext exchange was down 1.0 euro, or 0.5pc, at 180.25 euros ($202.91) a tonne at 1548 GMT, its lowest since March 19.
Japan, the world's sixth-largest wheat importer, keeps a tight grip on imports of the country's second-most important staple after rice and buys the majority of it for milling via tenders typically.
