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In many parts of Japan food products jumped. In some areas residents were told not to leave their homes. That alone is enough to create a fearful and hoarding mentality. Traders on the US commodity exchanges didn't take long to work out how to play this. Pretty much across the board, prices rose. Here are a few late prices:
- WTI crude was up $3.67 per barrel to $101.67. Brent crude rose $2.10 per barrel to $110.62
- In the grain market, June wheat futures rose 48-2 cents per bushel to $7.10 per bushel.
- Corn futures were up the 30 cent limit to $6.46 per bushel.
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