HAMBURG  - Algerian state agency ONAB purchased about 35,000 tonnes of corn to be sourced from optional origins in a tender which closed on Thursday, European traders said on Friday.

The corn was thought likely to be sourced from the European Union or Ukraine.

Offers in the tender ranged between $194.75 a tonne c&f and $201 a tonne c&f, with the purchase said to have been made close to the $194.75 a tonne c&f level.

Shipment was sought in the second half of March.

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