1. Analysts expect to see the shares trade lower after a few days as investors decide to pocket their profits. 2. Corn futures prices were mostly lower after an Agriculture Department report earlier this week showed crops in good to excellent condition. 3. In fact, the percentage of high-performing students was lower after two years of discovery learning than it was at the start. 4. Interest rates are lowered after a vote by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 5. Oil-services issues dragged energy stocks lower after a report that some valuations have become stretched. 6. Oddly enough, with my hygiene standards lowered after a few years of living in China, I found this reassuring. 7. Profit-taking and harvest pressure sent wheat futures lower after sharp early gains. 8. Soybean futures closed slightly lower after sharp early losses. 9. Soybean futures prices closed only marginally lower after falling in sympathy with grains. 10. Treasury yields tracked European government yields lower after central banks in France, Spain and Greece trimmed official interest rates. |