21.   As expected, trading was slow in Toronto because of the Independence Day holiday in the U.S.

22.   Aside from Ganadero, trading was quiet.

23.   Because they are all unique contracts, trading in them is very inactive, or illiquid.

24.   Before today, there had been little trading in the options.

25.   Being traded is not the end of the world, added Grissom.

26.   After all, trading stocks profitably is a mighty difficult business that has humbled even the most experienced and knowledgeable traders.

27.   Agriculture was in the dumps, coal mining was moribund, and river trading was off.

28.   Also spreads between bid and offer rates are so wide that trading is increasingly difficult to do.

29.   All this suggests eyeballing the insiders and their trading is a way to make easy money.

30.   Broader measures also rose, but trading was sluggish as investors waited for new economic reports.