Futures options - Oil closes below $100 for first time in
| Oil closes below $100 for first time in 6 months - BusinessWeek Oil prices closed below $100 a barrel for the first time in six months Monday, tumbling in another dramatic sell-off as the demise of Lehman Brothers and futures options the sale of Merrill Lynch deepened worries about the U.S. economy. Crude prices shed more than Source: www.businessweek.com US stock index futures tumble - Daily Times NEW YORK: The US stock index futures tumbled on Monday as the bankruptcy filing by US investment bank Lehman Brothers and futures options cascading fears about the stability of other major financial institutions rattled global markets. The slide in equity futures Source: www.dailytimes.com.pk Agriculture futures end trading mixed on CBOT - Seattle Post Intelligencer CHICAGO -- Agriculture futures traded mixed Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery rose 7.75 cents to $7.27 a bushel; December corn fell 1.25 cents to $5.62 a bushel; December oats gained 5.25 cents to $3.3975 a bushel Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com Corn, Soybeans Fall as Lehman Bankruptcy May Signal Slowdown - Bloomberg Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Corn and futures options soybeans fell after the bankruptcy filing by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. , the biggest on record, increased speculation that a global economic slowdown will curb demand for food, feed and futures options fuel. Stocks in the U.S Source: www.bloomberg.com Prices crumble on flight to safety - Guardian Unlimited NEW YORK, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Worries about futures positions of three big commodity trading houses involved in Wall Street's historic restructuring sent U.S. crude plunging below $95 per barrel on Monday and futures options trounced prices of metals. A rush by Source: www.guardian.co.uk |