CHICAGO, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures traded mixed on Friday morning, with corn futures falling on weak export demand as well as pressure from ongoing harvest in the U.S. Midwest.

As of 1530 GMT, the most active corn contract for December delivery was down 2.75 cents to 3.92 U.S. dollars per bushel. December wheat was up 3.5 cents to 5.29 dollars per bushel. November soybeans were up 4.25 cents to 9.3575 dollars per bushel.

Private traders on Friday reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) export sales of 368,600 metric tons of corn for the week ending Oct. 10, down 48 percent form the prior four-week average.

Soybean futures firmed on investors' technical buying and trade optimism. Enditem

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