CHICAGO， Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) grains futures close mixed on Tuesday， with soybean futures heading lower for a third straight session， reversing from early strength to touch a two-week low on expectations for large South American soy harvests.

Wheat futures were also lower， while corn firmed， supported by export demand and technical buying.

The most active corn contract for March delivery rose 1 cent， or 0.27 percent， to 3.6925 U.S. dollars per bushel. May wheat delivery fell 5.75 cents， or 1.26 percent， to 4.4975 dollars per bushel. March soybeans dropped 6.25 cents， or 0.61 percent， to 10.2625 dollars per bushel.

In other markets， the Brent crude oil market was 0.61 dollar per barrel higher， the U.S. dollar strengthening， and the Dow Jones Industrials rising by 108 points.

Dustin Johnson， EHedger's senior strategist， said that the funds came to the rescue of corn.

"The funds were adding corn long last week. It looks like this is a continuation of that. We are seeing it in the spreads as well. Dec-Dec climbed 2 cents today. Other than that， I don't see a fundamental shift as to why，" he added.

Early support in soybeans stemmed from fears that heavy weekend rains in Argentina could threaten yield prospects， but local weather analysts said the moisture was probably beneficial for crops.

Favorable weather in Brazil， which is forecast to harvest a record-large soybean crop， added to bearish sentiment.

A stronger dollar added pressure， making U.S. wheat less attractive on the global market. The dollar gained on market expectations that the Federal Reserve might raise benchmark U.S. interest rates in March.

However， weekly export data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was supportive. The government reported export inspections of U.S. wheat in the latest week at 558，252 tonnes， topping a range of trade expectations for 350，000 to 550，000 tonnes.

Corn turned higher after a choppy start， supported by technical buying and fresh export demand.

The USDA said private exporters in the last day of last week sold 269，296 tonnes of U.S. corn to Japan and another 111，200 tonnes of U.S. corn to unknown destinations.

Traders were looking to acreage forecasts from the USDA's annual outlook forum this week to gauge an expected drop in U.S. wheat sowings and a shift from corn towards soybeans.

RIO DE JANEIRO， Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion Li Xiaoxia went one step closer to make history as the third seed here made short work of Ai Fukuhara on Wednesday morning to book a place in the Rio Olympic table tennis women' s singles final.

There' s no paddler in the sport' s 28-year history as one of the Olympic Games program to have won back-to-back individual championship.

Li beat Fukuhara in straight sets， 11-4， 11-3， 11-1， 11-1.

Leading 9-1 into the first set， the 28-year-old Li denied a late comeback from the sixth-seeded Japanese to win 11-4， before improving it to 2-0 on sets.

Kong Linghui， head coach of the Chinese women' s table tennis team as well as a Grand Slam winner himself， called a timeout for Li when she Led 2-0 and 4-1 in the third set， before the women' s Slam winner came back to the court and just let her opponent win a single score.

Later on Wednesday morning， the other women' s singles semifinal will pit twice world champion Ding Ning of China and DPR Korea' s defensive player Kim Song-I as the final and the third-place play-off are scheduled in the evening.

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The figure beat China Mobile’s market capitalization of HK$1.97 trillion as of yesterday and ranked the technology giant as China’s most valuable company, Bloomberg News said.

It also put the Hong Kong-listed firm amongst the world’s 10 largest public companies including the likes of Apple, the report said. Apple was valued at US$580.50 billion based on its latest stocks quote.

Tencent’s share price has jumped nearly 9 percent since August 17 Nike Air Max 97 UL '17 SE Black UK Sale , when it reported its net profit surged 47 percent to 10.74 billion yuan in the three months to June.

Based in Shenzhen, Tencent operates China’s biggest messaging service WeChat, through which a variety of businesses including gaming Supreme x Nike Air Max 98 Men's Black UK Sale , advertising and social networking have flourished in recent years.

Tencent agreed to buy Finnish game-maker Supercell Oy from Japan’s SoftBank for US$8.6 billion in June.

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