CBOT wheat closes firm after Russian attack on Ukraine port

       CHICAGO, June 22 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade wheat
futures ended firm on Wednesday, rebounding from a sharp
sell-off on Tuesday as a Russian missile strike on Ukraine's
port city of Mykolaiv renewed fears about supply shortages,
traders said.
    * But CBOT wheat ended well below its session highs as
traders locked in profits toward the end of the session.
    * International grain merchants Bunge (BG)        and Viterra
said that its grain facilities in that area were hit during the
attack. [nP6N2WO001}
    * The benchmark CBOT July soft red winter wheat futures
contract       settled up 3/4 cent at $9.76-1/2 a bushel.
    * K.C. hard red winter wheat for July delivery        was
down 5-1/4 cents at $10.36 a bushel and MGEX July spring wheat
        ended 14-1/2 cents lower at $11.03-1/4 a bushel.
    * The fast pace of harvest in key winter wheat growing areas
weighed on the K.C. hard red winter wheat contracts. Farmers in
soft red winter wheat growing areas were behind their typical
schedule.
    * Spring wheat contracts faced pressure from forecasts for
good growing weather in the northern U.S. Plains.

 (Reporting by Mark Weinraub; Editing by Mark Porter)