11.   Broader markets also lower.

12.   Most Asian markets closed lower Thursday, hit by profit-taking.

13.   U.S. markets opened moderately lower Friday amid a spate of more pessimistic earnings forecasts.

14.   The uncertainty created by the unexpected dismissal drove the French franc and French markets lower on Monday.

15.   The market opened lower but bounced back after a large institutional order for soybeans, said David Armstong of Chicago Corp.