SINGAPORE, June 6 (Reuters) - Chicago wheat futures inched higher on Thursday after hitting a four-week low in the previous session on pressure from rapidly advancing U.S. harvest.

Soybeans and corn rose for the first time in eight sessions, although ample world supplies curbed gains.

FUNDAMENTALS

* The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) added 0.2% to $6.48 a bushel, as of 0030 GMT, having dropped to its lowest since May 10 at $6.43 a bushel on Wednesday.

* Soybeans rose 0.3% to $11.80-1/4 a bushel and corn gained 0.5% at $4.41-1/4 a bushel.

* Wheat supplies from freshly harvested crops in the United States and other northern hemisphere producers are likely to keep a lid on prices.

* U.S. winter wheat is 6% harvested, the U.S. government said on Monday, ahead of the five-year average pace.

* Worries over drought and frost damage to the Russian wheat crop have mostly been factored into the market, traders said.

* Russia will boost financial support to farmers but is not expected to ban grains exports if a federal emergency is declared due to frosts that have damaged crops, industry experts said on Wednesday.

* The prolonged absence of rain across most of Ukraine caused a deterioration of conditions for all crops last month but has yet to have critical consequences, analysts said on Wednesday, citing data from state agricultural meteorologists.

* China will expand its wheat stockpile by increasing buying from domestic producers as the world's top producer and consumer of the staple grain looks to secure supply amid recent weather-related damage to global production.

MARKET NEWS

* World shares rose and U.S. Treasury yields fell on Wednesday as investors focused on an upcoming European Central Bank policy meeting and soft U.S. labor market data firmed bets of a September Federal Reserve interest rate cut.

DATA/EVENTS (GMT) 0600 Germany Industrial Orders MM April 0600 Germany Manufacturing O/P Cur Price SA April 0600 Germany Consumer Goods SA April 0830 UK S&P Global PMI: MSC Comp - Output May 1215 EU ECB Refinancing Rate June 1215 EU ECB Deposit Rate June 1230 US International Trade April 1230 US Initial Jobless Clm Weekly (Reporting by Naveen Thukral; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)