1.   On other markets, palladium sank after Russia shipped metals, while gasoline gained.

2.   Platinum and palladium could drop on expectations that Russia will soon resume shipping the metals for the first time since export licensing was halted in December.

3.   Russia stopped shipping the metals in December because of a disagreement over which ministry had the responsibility for exports.

4.   Russia, the second-largest source of platinum after South Africa and biggest producer of palladium, shipped the metals last month for the first time since December.

5.   Russia began shipping the metals last month for the first time since December.

6.   Banks can ship metals both for their own account and on behalf of clients, according to the order.

7.   Defense attorneys on Friday questioned the undercover sting that led to the arrest of three men accused of trying to ship a metal used in nuclear reactors to Iraq.

8.   The metal had been shipped via train from a company based in Budyonnovsk in the southern Russian region of Stavropol to the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk.