1.  Also, the low supply of new houses for sale suggests residential construction spending will continue to rise in the coming months, economists said.

2.  Amid robust demand and low supplies, speculators moved into the market.

3.  Also helping prices rise were low supplies of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether, or MTBE, a component of the reformulated gasoline specified by Nymex contracts, traders said.

4.  But a consumer advocacy group, Consumer Action, contends the talk about low supply and cleaner gas is nothing more than a coverup for price gouging.

5.  Coffee producers may decide against imposing specific export quotas for the rest of this calendar year amid low global supplies, particularly of higher-grade arabica coffee.

6.  Copper sank amid expectations that stockpiles will rise in coming weeks, offsetting low supplies available for immediate delivery.

7.  Drollas said the Iraqi oil would have helped keep prices down at a time of high demand and low supplies.

8.  Ford declined to identify what component is in low supply.

9.  Futures prices rose immediately after the start of the strike on concern that low global supplies would be eroded further.

10.  Gas producers gained as spot prices for Alberta natural gas jumped on low supplies.