Wheat and corn prices in Chicago stayed low this week, but both rose on Euronext in Europe, according to the weekly analysis by experts at the Sofia Commodity Exchange (SCE).

The December wheat contract in Chicago fell to about $215 a tonne, its lowest in six months. SCE experts link the drop to hopes of a Black Sea deal after US negotiators met Putin, to large world stocks and to good weather for sowing winter wheat in the US.

On Euronext, the December wheat contract rose by €5.75 to €236.25 a tonne. A week earlier it was about €224.

Corn followed the same pattern. In Chicago, the December contract closed at $174 a tonne, one of its lowest levels in three months. On Euronext, the March contract rose from about €249 to €256.25 a tonne, but strong competition from US and South American corn on the European market is limiting the gain.

Sugar keeps getting cheaper. Raw sugar in New York is about $398 a tonne, while white sugar in London trades at around $500–506.

After the October deals for milling wheat at €198 a tonne, no new offers for grain have appeared on the Sofia Commodity Exchange. Canned food is still on offer: pâté, stuffed peppers, bean stew, moussaka, chicken with peas, green beans and more.

In the "Industrial goods" segment, there were many different deals. Among solid fuels, coal traded at €445 a tonne, pellets at €425 a tonne and firewood at €98 a cubic metre.

Liquid fuels were priced per 1,000 litres. A95H petrol cost between €1,260 and €1,282.50, and A100H petrol €1,446.67. B6 diesel cost between €1,535.83 and €1,570, E5 diesel between €1,815.50 and €1,837, and F54 diesel €1,615.29.

Propane-butane sold at €630 per 1,000 litres. Heating fuel cost €1,724.51, and gas oil for industrial and municipal use €1,488.24.

Buyers paid €7,400 to €12,200 for 1,000 litres of hydraulic oil, €8,800 to €10,500 for engine oil and €9,500 for gear oil. AdBlue cost €1,850 and windscreen washer fluid €4,400. A kilogram of grease traded at €12.80, and lithium grease at €6.20–6.50.

Ferrous scrap metal was bought at between €108.80 and €142.80 a tonne, and aluminium at between €544 and €909. A tonne of copper cost €5,844.40, and a tonne of brass €2,556.46.