51.   Lumber rebounded from a plunge yesterday to rise its daily limit amid hopes for lower mortgage rates next month that would stimulate a weak housing market.

52.   Lumber fell the daily trading limit after starts of new houses dropped unexpectedly last month to their lowest rate this year.

53.   Lumber futures soared the daily trading limit for a second day on speculation that more lumber companies will curtail production in coming days.

54.   Lumber prices fell the daily trading limit to a two-and-a-half year for the second day as demand from builders and lumberyards languished.

55.   Lumber prices rose the daily limit as lumberyards bought supplies before seasonal mill shutdowns.

56.   Moderate consumption means a daily limit of two glasses of wine for men and one glass for women.

57.   Meanwhile, cotton prices surged their daily limit amid reports West Texas is perilously close to one of its earliest freezes on record.

58.   Most other contracts rose daily limit as well.

59.   Nearby prices could slip, but likely will not plunge the daily limit because the market has already absorbed the larger herd, analysts said.

60.   On Wednesday, some wheat contracts fell their daily allowable limits partly on better prospects for the spring wheat crop.