O primeiro caso detectado de BSE nos Estados Unidos já está a fazer mossa nos futuros sobre a carne de vaca. O mercado ainda não abriu pois os compradores estão muito abaixo, o que faz com que o mercado ultrapasse a variação máxima permitida para a abertura.
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Steven Smith
Cattle Called Limit Down
12/24/03 09:40 AM ET
Live cattle futures are expected to open down $1.50, or limit offer, this morning as mad-cow fears take their toll. Trading at the Chicago Mercantile begins at 9:05 a.m. CST. The exchange is discussing whether it should expand the trading limit beyond the $1.50 daily price limit. Front-month cattle closed at $92.30 on Tuesday.
Typically it takes three consecutive days of limit down trading (as in no buyers) before the trading limits are expanded. I think we'll see someone step into the fray and use this panic as a buying opportunity, which will lift the beef off the limit, making such discussions mute.
Burger royale"
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