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Global wheat prices showed only limited weakness after a tentative US-Iran peace deal that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Traders expect lower freight costs to be the main effect rather than a sharp drop in origin prices.
If war-risk premiums and crude fall, ocean freight should decline, pressuring delivered wheat and feed grain values, while Black Sea harvest timing remains the main price driver.
spglobal.comVivien Tang, Maham Quadri, Vivian IroanyaJun 17, 2026After 80 past bearish geopolitics events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median -0.4% over 5 sessions (44% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.9%), and -0.5% over 20.
After 16 past bearish geopolitics events, Wheat (HRW) moved a median -3.0% over 5 sessions (13% higher; middle half -4.3% to -1.9%), and -0.5% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
