Tight global wheat supplies and hammered equities set tone in Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Grain futures were mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade Thursday, with the dollar index flat and equities unable to break out of a slump. Corn was off 2 1/4 to off 3, soybeans were off 5 to off 11 1/4 wheat was up 5 1/2 to up 8 3/4 and oats were off 1 1/2 to unchanged. Corn held even, and then lost ground toward the end of the session. Wheat prices rose with world supplies considered tight after a summer of droughts in the United States and Europe. Soybean prices lost ground as traders expect U.S. yield forecasts to rise in the next Department of Agriculture production report. Corn: Dec 7.41 1/4 off 3, Mar 7.43 1/4 off 2 3/4, May 7.40 1/4 off 2 1/4, Jly 7.31 off 2 3/4. Soybeans: Nov 14.99 1/4 off 9 1/2, Jan 14.95 3/4 off 11 1/4, Mar 14.76 1/2 off 8 3/4, May 14.56 off 5. Wheat: Dec 9.02 1/2 up 8 1/2, Mar 9.16 1/2 up 8 3/4, May 9.22 1/2 up 8 1/2, Jly 8.95 1/2 up 5 1/2. Oats: 3.63 3/4 off 1 1/2, Mar 3.72 1/2 unchanged, May 3.72 1/2 off 1/4, Jly 3.69 1/2 off 1/4.