CAIRO- The lowest offer presented at an Egyptian state purchase tender for wheat on Tuesday was $211.90 for 60,000 tonnes of Russian grain on a free-on-board (FOB) basis, traders said.

The offer was presented by AST Agro.

Egypt's state buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) said late on Monday that it was seeking an unspecified quantity of wheat for shipment Aug 16-26.

No purchase has yet been made and results are expected later on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Nadine Awadalla in Cairo, Maha el Dahan in Dubai, Michael Hogan in Hamburg, editing by Louise Heavens and Jason Neely) ((Nadine.Awadalla@thomsonreuters.com;))