11.   But continuing concern over the scandal Tuesday brought the U.S. currency down from those levels, though still leaving it higher from Monday in Tokyo.

12.   In currency dealings, Asian investors selling yen to buy dollars nudged the U.S. currency higher from its New York levels, though trading remained sluggish.

13.   On the stock market, prices were only slightly higher from Tuesday in the absence of significant fresh local news, traders said.

14.   On the stock market, the Nikkei average got an initial boost higher from overnight firmness in European markets.

15.   The San Jose-based company also said sales and earnings per share in the fourth quarter will be flat or just slightly higher from the third quarter.

16.   The Tokyo market was higher from the outset on buying from public funds, and investors were further encouraged by the calmer situation in Indonesia, brokers said.

17.   Those increases have pushed mortgage rates higher from their lows of last year.

18.   Share prices were higher from the start, benefitting from an overnight rally on Wall Street and higher futures prices, brokers said.