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CHICAGO (AP) — Early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu.:

OpenHighLowLastChg.
WHEAT
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Dec	477½	489¾	477¼	479
Mar	491	503	490¾	492¼
May	501¼	511½	501¼	501¼
Jul	508½	519½	508½	509
Sep	525	531	520¾	520¾
Dec	542	547½	537½	537½
Mar	553	554	548¼	548¼
May	552¾
Jul	546½
Sep	553½
Dec	560	561½	560	561½
Mar	562¾
May	571¼
Jul	542¾
Est. sales 35,138.	Wed.'s sales 135,359
Wed.'s open int 425,017,	up 1,835
CORN
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Dec	320½	323¼	319¼	323	+1¾
Mar	333	336¼	332	335¼	+1¼
May	342½	344¾	340¾	342¾
Jul	350	352¼	348	350¼
Sep	356	360	356	357¾
Dec	367¾	370	365¾	367¾
Mar	377¼	379½	376¾	377¼
May	384½	384½	384½	384½
Jul	390½	392½	389¾	390½
Sep	389¾	389¾	389¾	389¾
Dec	392½	395	392	393¼
Jul	412	412	411¼	411¼
Dec	405½	405¾	405½	405¾
Est. sales 74,261.	Wed.'s sales 327,759
Wed.'s open int 1,287,386,	up 2,219
OATS
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Dec	340½	344¾	335	338¾
Mar	325¾	328¾	321½	325¼
May	314¼	320¾	314¼	318½
Jul	314¼
Sep	318¼
Dec	314½
Mar	314½
May	314½
Jul	315½
Sep	315½
Jul	315½
Sep	315½
Est. sales 360.	Wed.'s sales 2,259
Wed.'s open int 9,276,	up 122
SOYBEANS
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Nov	915¼	925½	912½	924	+7¼
Jan	923¼	933¾	921¼	925
Mar	932¾	942	929½	933¾
May	941¼	949½	938	942
Jul	948	955¾	945	948½
Aug	948	957¾	948	951¼
Sep	940¾	943¾	940¾	943¾
Nov	940½	949	937¼	942¼
Jan	948	954	948	948½
Mar	953	956¾	953	954¾
May	960½
Jul	967½
Aug	968¼
Sep	960
Nov	961	963	957½	960¼
Jul	980¼
Nov	963¼
Est. sales 59,942.	Wed.'s sales 378,325
Wed.'s open int 772,179
SOYBEAN OIL
60,000 lbs; cents per lb
Oct	32.82	32.82	32.28	32.66
Dec	32.93	33.05	32.34	32.80
Jan	33.20	33.30	32.63	33.08
Mar	33.50	33.60	32.91	33.35
May	33.66	33.73	33.10	33.54
Jul	33.69	33.86	33.21	33.64
Aug	33.87	33.87	33.39	33.70
Sep	33.91	33.91	33.43	33.74
Oct	33.83	33.85	33.62	33.62
Dec	33.81	33.84	33.26	33.62
Jan	33.79
Mar	33.97	34.00	33.97	34.00
May	34.22
Jul	34.43
Aug	34.42
Sep	34.44
Oct	34.32
Dec	34.25
Jul	34.25
Oct	34.25
Dec	34.25
Est. sales 30,500.	Wed.'s sales 153,417
Wed.'s open int 381,642,	up 3,765
SOYBEAN MEAL
100 tons; dollars per ton
Oct	305.20	309.70	304.50	305.30
Dec	298.60	301.80	297.30	300.00	+1.40
Jan	297.20	300.10	296.20	297.00	—.30
Mar	295.10	298.10	294.40	295.60
May	295.10	298.10	294.90	295.70
Jul	298.00	300.40	297.20	298.10
Aug	299.10	301.80	299.10	299.60
Sep	300.60	301.40	299.90	300.60
Oct	299.80
Dec	299.30	302.20	299.20	300.20
Jan	301.20
Mar	302.90	302.90	302.90	302.90
May	304.00
Jul	304.90
Aug	305.10
Sep	305.10
Oct	305.10
Dec	301.50
Jul	301.50
Oct	301.50
Dec	301.50
Est. sales 23,965.	Wed.'s sales 139,176
Wed.'s open int 353,528,	up 2,499