51.   Either way, it delays resolution of an issue the exchange wanted resolved months ago, and creates uncertainty among users of the futures market.

52.   Fair trade advocates contend prices on futures markets are distorted by speculators, who often over-react to fluctuations in supply and demand, artificially depressing or elevating prices.

53.   Expectations of another rate cut are reflected in the bank-bill futures market.

54.   Farmers, for example, use derivatives when they sell crops on the futures markets even before the planting has been finished.

55.   Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan today applauded efforts in Congress to reduce U.S. government regulation of derivatives and financial futures markets.

56.   Furthermore, Born said some investors would be scared away from unregulated futures markets.

57.   Futures markets this week gyrated as reports from the tour trickled in, with production estimates coming from Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Minnesota.

58.   Futures markets let businesses manage the inherent risks in buying raw materials.

59.   Futures markets were closed as a UN spokesman said Iraq may have objections to the accord.

60.   Futures markets suggest prices are headed lower as additional supplies reach the market, traders said.