Jordan buys 60,000 tonnes wheat in tender trade

HAMBURG- Jordan's state grains buyer purchased 60,000 tonnes of hard milling wheat to be sourced from optional origins in a tender which closed on Wednesday, traders said.

It was all bought from trading house Grain Export at $233.50 a tonne C&F for shipment in the second half of October.

Three other trading houses participated in the tender.

Glencore offered $238.00 a tonne C&F, CHS offered $239.94 a tonne C&F and Nibulon $248.00 a tonne C&F.

(Reporting by Michael Hogan in Hamburg and Nadine Awadalla in Cairo) ((michael.j.hogan@thomsonreuters.com; +49 172 671 36 54; Reuters Messaging: michael.hogan.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))