DTN Closing Grain Comments    01/18 14:10
   Soybeans End Higher as Investors Return to Markets

   March soybeans finished 9 cents higher Friday, helped by an unconfirmed
rumor that China offered to commit to large U.S. ag purchases earlier this
month, and by a return of investor buying interest to the stock market and
outside commodity markets. March contracts of corn and all three wheats were
steady to higher on light volume.