41.   Grain and soybean futures settled mixed Monday in cautious activity on the Chicago Board of Trade.

42.   In other commodities, world raw sugar futures settled lower Wednesday.

43.   Pork bellies futures settled solidly higher Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, continuing a rally that began Friday amid talk that cash prices had bottomed for the season.

44.   The futures settled higher on extended speculative buying and most players anticipated the palm oil price to remain bullish.

45.   Wheat futures settled higher amid concern about rainfall and potential flooding threatening the soft red winter wheat crop in Ohio and Michigan, where harvesting has lagged.

46.   Wheat futures settled unchanged after early gains on news of a poor Australian harvest, while corn prices were down slightly.