1.   Although financial markets worldwide experienced chaotic trading sessions before being closed Tuesday and the U.S. markets did not even open, U.S. banks did not see widespread customer panic.

2.   But Levitt has warned about personal trading before and he obviously sees, or thinks he sees, trouble brewing.

3.   Colombian stocks fell on thin trading before a long holiday weekend, which tends to sap investor interest in stocks.

4.   Coffee prices rose in late trading before a meeting today and tomorrow of the Association of Coffee Producing Countries in New York.

5.   CZECH stocks rose in light trading before the year-end on gains in utility CEZ, SPT Telecom and Ceska Sporitelna.

6.   Corn and soybean futures were mixed in cautious trading before a monthly Agriculture Department report scheduled for release early today.

7.   Shares of Netscape Communications Corp. rose in early trading before the official open.

8.   Soybeans and wheat, also used in livestock feed, rose in early trading before paring gains.

9.   Stocks rose surged again in midday trading before falling throughout the afternoon.

10.   That indication seems to have encouraged some trading before the Big Board bell sounded.