11.   Add to butter mixture in several additions, mixing well after each addition.

12.   Add to creamed mixture, alternating with milk and mixing well after each.

13.   Canadian stocks were mixed after retreating from an intra-day record.

14.   Cattle futures were mixed after a government report showed more animals than expected were sold for slaughter last month.

15.   Chinese state-owned companies were mixed after pacing the recent rally.

16.   Corn finished mixed after late short-covering trimmed early losses.

17.   Elsewhere, natural gas could fall after inventories surged, while crops are expected to be mixed after the government released weekly export figures.

18.   European stocks and bonds were mixed after German monetary authorities unexpectedly raised interest rates for the first time in five years yesterday.

19.   Forestry companies traded mixed after posting a steep drop in earnings yesterday.

20.   French stocks were mixed after being pulled out of the doldrums at the end of the session by a buoyant U.S. market.