Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were up strongly early Thursday amid another buying spree from the investment fund sector, traders said. A sliding dollar and surging Reuters Commodity Research Bureau index were again cited as central to the fund buying of commodities, including CBOT corn, soy complex and wheat futures. At 11:13 am CST (1713 GMT), the CRB index was at 315.37, up 1.40 percent.
CBOT corn futures were up 1 to 5-1/2 cents per bushel. May was up 4-3/4 at $2.17-1/4 per bushel.