1.   Corn also dipped lower in a bearish trading atmosphere, although the overall planting pace is about average.

2.   Corn futures slipped in a bearish atmosphere resulting in part from the impending harvest, along with sluggish weekly export shipments.

3.   Rumors that China will be putting more of its corn on the export market added to the bearish atmosphere.

4.   The extent and speed of the selloff stunned even investors who have become accustomed to the bearish atmosphere that has pervaded Wall Street for months.

5.   Traders in Mexican currency and exchange markets attributed the drop to a bearish atmosphere among investors and concerns about a possible Brazilian bank collapse.