Sentence examples for traders reduced from inspiring English sources

Short-selling of shares of S.& P. 500 companies fell to a one-year low as traders reduced bets that phone and consumer discretionary stocks would decline.

It had been expected that higher prices for crops would give farmers an incentive to grow more, while competition among private traders reduced the costs of seeds and fertilizer.

By the 1830s, diseases carried by white explorers and traders reduced the native population by up to 90 percent in the lower Columbia basin.

Forceful objections were raised against the testing by a number of organisations and groups, most notably the Aleut people, who, although they vacated the island in the 19th century after Russian fur traders reduced sea otter numbers in the area, are resident on nearby islands, and were concerned about radiation leaks as well as potential physical damage resulting from the nuclear tests.

3.43pm BST The US dollar is also sliding in value, as traders reduce their exposure ahed of the debt ceiling of 17 October The dollar has lost half a cent against sterling, pushing the pound over $1.60, and also half a cent against the euro, which has risen to $1.359.

Speculation has been a favorite target of politicians looking to mollify anxious voters since the time of ancient Greece, when the orator Lysias protested that wheat traders had reduced Athens to a "state of siege".

Mr. Malcolm estimated that traders had reduced their bets on a devaluation of the Hong Kong dollar by only a third, with many still holding large positions in forward contracts.

By selling twice as many calls at the upper strike this trader significantly reduced the cost of getting long the contracts at the lower strike.

Retailers and brands can make long-term purchase contracts with traders to reduce transaction costs.

So that summer, Merrill Lynch created a group of three traders to reduce its exposure to the fast-sinking mortgage market.

An audit of the number of women on trading floors, on the grounds that employing more female traders could reduce risk.