The soft wheat was bought from trading house Olam at $249.11 a tonne, cost and freight (/t c&f), they said.

The barley purchase comprised one 25,000 tonne consignment at $262.67/t c&f sold by Glencore and another 25,000 tonnes at $262.68/t c&f sold by Casillo.

The durum was all sold by Glencore, comprising three 25,000 tonne consignments at $270.73/t c&f, $272.48/t c&f and $274.29/t c&f, the traders said.