Impressions

For at Least a Day, February Futures Buck the Trend

It is said that first impressions are lasting ones, and bulltraders hope that adage applies also to futures contracts,following the market’s dramatic price rally as February’s debutedas the spot month yesterday. February opened Wednesday at Tuesday’shigh and moved 10.5 cents higher for the day to finish at $1.886.At 44,020, estimated volume was light considering the double digitprice move.

December 31, 1998