Wheat Set for Third Week of Gains on New Signs of Tight Supply

  • India reduces size of wheat stockpiles traders can maintain
  • Dryness in Europe, Black Sea conflict add to supply concerns

A farmer collects grain from a combine harvester during a wheat harvest.

Photographer: Heywood Yu/Bloomberg
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Wheat futures traded in Chicago were set for a third week of gains as India’s decision to limit stockpiles underscored the tightness in global wheat supplies.

Wheat for December delivery rose as much as 3.5%, the biggest intraday gain in more than a month.