1.   And yesterday, the CSCE agreed to discuss merging with the New York Mercantile Exchange, which trades energy futures.

2.   Another one will provide the first opportunity ever to trade futures on the Dow Jones industrial average.

3.   At other commodity exchanges, the picture is not quite as glum, in large part because many exchanges trade financial futures, which have done well.

4.   Authorities suspect Yamaichi funneled money it made trading stock futures on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange, says someone close to the investigation.

5.   A cold, snowbound winter pushed natural-gas prices higher, Pickens showed a hot hand in trading energy futures, and Mesa managed to cut its costs.

6.   A close friend of the Clintons, Blair was trading cattle futures and making a great deal of money.

7.   A few weeks later, Mrs. Clinton got a hot tip from Blair about trading cattle futures.

8.   Consolidated Edison Co., the utility that serves New York City, is setting up a group that will trade natural gas futures to guard against swings in prices.

9.   Currency futures are traded on both exchanges.

10.   Executives at Euronext, which plans to trade the futures on its Matif derivatives exchange, said they are not dismayed.