31. The legislation reduced energy trading regulation and allowed unregulated subsidiaries, such as EnronOnline, to trade energy futures without government scrutiny. 32. The market, which began operations in early September, already traded futures on CA Electricidad de Caracas. 33. The Portland, Oregon-based utility would also profit from trading electricity futures. 34. The rise in the prices was a bit of a surprise to those who traded bond futures on Friday. 35. The TSE will likely start trading futures contracts on its transport equipment index and the banking index this spring. 36. And the New York Mercantile Exchange, where energy futures are traded, is located in the nearby World Financial Center. 37. However, now German bond futures are predominantly traded on Eurex, a German-based electronic exchange. 38. Individual-stock futures already are traded on some international markets. 39. It said futures were traded in a tight range yesterday with directions lacking for most of the day. 40. June and September futures were not traded. |