51.   In CHICAGO, cattle futures were little changed after meatpackers this week bought large numbers of animals, fulfilling their needs for the coming days.

52.   In CHICAGO, hog futures were little changed as plentiful supplies offset expectations for increased consumer demand for pork products.

53.   In NEW YORK, copper futures were little changed as stockpiles slowed their decline at time when commercial demand is expected to weaken.

54.   In NEW YORK, crude oil futures were little changed as traders awaited a weekly industry report on U.S. oil production and inventories.

55.   In NEW YORK, gold futures were little changed as lean supplies for immediate use offset selling by investors.

56.   In other Nymex energy markets, crude oil futures were little changed amid waning concern about supplies from the Middle East as military tensions there eased.

57.   In NEW YORK, coffee futures were little changed as the start of a strike by truck drivers in Colombia offset the end of a port strike in Brazil.

58.   In NEW YORK, crude oil futures were little changed as expectation of a seasonal surge in gasoline demand offset high U.S. crude stockpiles.

59.   In NEW YORK, crude oil futures were little changed as recent Middle Eastern military confrontations abated, easing concern oil exports from the region would be hindered.

60.   In New York, gold futures were little changed after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it was leaving interest rates unchanged.