1.   Aluminum stocks were also higher, lifted by low inventories and good demand worldwide.

2.   An abysmal winter wheat crop and low inventories of corn, coupled with export demand, have pushed food and feed prices higher.

3.   And some experts say crude-oil prices will remain generally high as the oil industry seeks to rebuild very low inventories.

4.   And with inventories as low as they are, problems at a big refinery east of the Rockies could send prices rocketing.

5.   And with inventories low and spare refining capacity scarce, gasoline prices could keep rising.

6.   As a result, speculation that currently low inventories of both heating oil and natural gas could lead to shortages once winter begins appears unfounded, traders said.

7.   -- Repap Enterprises Inc., which yesterday said that demand for coated paper was beginning to improve amid low inventories held by its customers.

8.   A disappointing U.S. crop would come at a time of low inventories and record global wheat consumption.

9.   A year ago, remarkably strong demand in January caught dealers by surprise with low inventories and convinced investors that a cyclical recovery had taken hold.

10.   But GM came into the current strikes with extremely low inventories of its most profitable vehicles, and the strikes are obviously making it worse.