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

Prices slide further as investors shun risk -

Prices slide further as investors shun risk - Guardian Unlimited NEW YORK/LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The financial meltdown on Wall Street gripped commodity markets on Tuesday as investors sought refuge in cash and futures options risk-free assets, pulling down oil by 5 percent for a second day in a row and futures options hammering gold and futures options Source: www.guardian.co.uk US RATE FUTURES-Cut back prospects for Fed easing - Reuters CHICAGO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.S. short-term interest rate futures tumbled after the Federal Reserve confounded market expectations for a rate cut on Tuesday and futures options instead left benchmark rates steady, citing risks to both inflation and futures options growth. Futures Source: www.reuters.com US RATE FUTURES-Momentum grows for 50 bps Fed cut - Reuters CHICAGO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.S. short-term interest rate futures showed a growing appetite for a large Federal Reserve rate cut on Tuesday on ideas the Fed needs to take a bold step to shore up flailing financial markets. "The U.S. central bank is Source: www.reuters.com Corn, soybean futures down sharply as crude oil slides, dollar - Minneapolis Star Tribune NEW YORK - Corn and futures options soybean prices plunged Tuesday as tumbling oil prices and futures options Wall Street turmoil prompted investors to pull money out of commodities to reduce risk. Wheat also fell sharply. The sell-off in commodities gained momentum as investors Source: www.startribune.com Futures fall on report conservatorship eyed for AIG - MSN MoneyCentral NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell after the market closed on Tuesday on a Bloomberg report that the United States was considering conservatorship as an option for troubled insurer American International Group . The report, citing two Source: moneycentral.msn.com US STOCKS-Futures fall on report conservatorship eyed for AIG - Reuters UK NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell after the market closed on Tuesday on a Bloomberg report that the United States was considering conservatorship as an option for troubled insurer American International Group (AIG.N: Quote Source: uk.reuters.com