DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--The weak export sales data kept the CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets lower Thursday.

The Dec. futures corn contract closed 12 cents lower at $7.42. Nov. soybean futures contract finished 6 cents lower at $15.64. Dec. wheat futures finished 11 cents lower at $8.72 per bushel. The Dec. soyoil futures contract finished $0.39 lower at $51.45. The Dec. soymeal futures contract settled $0.50 per short ton lower at $481.40.

In the outside markets, the NYMEX crude oil is $0.43 per barrel lower, the dollar is higher and the Dow Jones Industrials are 1 point higher.