(Reuters) - International milk prices rose while volumes dropped in this month's second Global Dairy Trade auction held by GDT Events.
The GDT Price Index climbed 0.2 percent, with an average selling price of $3,387 per tonne, in the auction held on Tuesday.
The index fell 0.4 pct at the previous sale, according to GDT Events.
A total of 26,688 tonnes was sold at the latest auction, falling 6.6 percent from the previous one, the auction platform said on its website.
The auctions are held twice a month, with the next one scheduled for August 1.
The auction results can affect the New Zealand dollar <NZD=> as the dairy sector generates more than 7 percent of the nation's gross domestic product.
The New Zealand milk co-operative, which is owned by about 10,500 farmers, controls nearly a third of the world dairy trade.
GDT Events is owned by New Zealand’s Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd <FCG.NZ>, but operates independently from the dairy giant.
U.S.-listed CRA International Inc <CRAI.O> is the trading manager for the twice-monthly Global Dairy Trade auction.
A number of companies, including Dairy America and Murray Goulburn <MGC.AX>, use the platform to sell milk powder and other dairy products.
