41.   Price declines today were tempered by expectations that a USDA report tomorrow will show that wheat stockpiles are at their lowest in decades.

42.   Platinum prices fell to a four-month low as surging exports from Russia indicate large stockpiles are available.

43.   Program officials have been confident that the stockpile is safe and secure and that the stewardship program can fully maintain the weapons.

44.   Stockpiles in Europe were mostly unchanged.

45.   Stockpiles would then be lower than forecast.

46.   Still, the stockpiles are less than half of the year-ago level.

47.   Stockpiles are near a four-year low and demand has risen along with world economic growth.

48.   Stockpiles may be the underlying reason.

49.   That could be a sign factory stockpiles are poised to exceed demand, leading to reduced production and possibly lower profits, analysts said.

50.   The deliveries were a surprise after months of concern that stockpiles would be lean until the next harvest.