1.   Also closed was futures trading in Treasury note and bond contracts at the Chicago Board of Trade.

2.   Bond futures will probably trade within the same range as yesterday, said Shinji Koyama, manager at Toyo TB Securities.

3.   Corn futures traded steady in nearby contract months amid rumors of potential business from Asian countries as well as Egypt and Iraq.

4.   Futures also trade in Argentina.

5.   In Montreal, all markets will be open Monday except bond futures trading, the Montreal Exchange said.

6.   In LONDON, platinum and palladium futures traded mixed as traders await confirmation that promised Russian shipments of the metals have begun.

7.   Kansas City wheat futures traded slightly higher for much of the session, supported by a wheat sale to Egypt.

8.   Myojin traveled to New York and spent several months researching how futures trading worked, before returning to Tokyo to prepare for the new products.

9.   Prices of both wheat and corn soared in futures trading today, pointing to higher costs for flour millers and livestock feed processors.

10.   Prices may fall when futures trading opens.