Grains close lower Friday - UPI.com CHICAGO, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Grain futures closed lower on the Chicago Board of Trade for the second consecutive day Friday as the dollar index rose 0.79 percent to 81.46. Corn was off 2 to off 12, soybeans were off 18 1/2 to off 25, wheat was off 1 3/4 to off 2 3/4 and oats were unchanged to off 3 1/4. Corn prices were under pressure early in the session with equities and metals both moving lower. Wheat futures were pressured by beneficial rain in Argentina and Southern Brazil. Support came from news that Egypt purchased 180,000 metric tons, although none was from U.S. sources. Thursday's bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture report remained a factor Friday, as stocks of corn, wheat and soybeans came in higher than expected. Corn: Mar 5.99 1/2 off 12, May 6.06 1/2 off 11 3/4, Jly 6.12 off 11 1/4, Sep 5.78 off 2. Soybeans: Jan 11.60 off 18 1/2, Mar 11.5 1/4 off 24 1/4, May 11.67 3/4 off 24 3/4, Jly 11.77 3/4, off 25. Wheat: Mar 6.02 1/4 off 2 3/4, May 6.24 1/4 off 2 3/4, Jly 6.45 3/4 off 2 1/4, Sep 6.66 3/4 off 1 3/4. Oats: Mar 2.82 1/2 off 1 3/4, May 2.83 1/4 off 3 1/4, Jly 2.87 off 1 1/2, Sep 3.93 1/2 unchanged.