51.   The failure of the food-trading company raised the specter of more bankruptcies and prompted a decline in index futures and banking shares.

52.   The drop was exacerbated by the quarterly expiration of stock index futures, options on those futures and common stock options.

53.   The exchange would start with index futures, then go on to options on underlying securities, Erkan said.

54.   The first round of economic news this week had little impact on stock index futures or bond prices.

55.   The initial drop was exacerbated by the quarterly expiration of stock index futures, options on those futures and common stock options.

56.   The index futures give investors a way to hedge their cash position on these companies.

57.   The market opened higher, then fell, as trading of Telebras options and Bovespa index futures dominated the market.

58.   The quarterly expiration of stock futures, stock index futures and stock index options added to trading volume but did not lead to volatile trading Friday.

59.   The Small Cap Contrarian Fund has about half its assets devoted to shorting stocks and index futures, making a bet the market will fall, he said.

60.   There was an immediate dumping of stock index futures, which soon spilled over into the market for large stocks.