21.   Treasury prices rose in the morning and then slowly settled in the afternoon as market expectations grew that the Producer Price Index could be worse than expected.

22.   Expectations have been growing that Musharraf will announce major initiatives to reduce the threat of war and permanently improve relations.

23.   The dollar moved lower as expectations grew that the German central bank would not cut interest rates at its policy-making meeting later Thursday.

24.   Investor expectations grew for upward earnings forecast revisions by export-oriented companies, especially by high-tech exporters such as Sony Corp. and Kyocera, brokers said.

25.   A broker said expectations were also growing on the market that US funds were shifting back to Japanese equities.

26.   Expectations were growing that US rates would be cut but uncertainty was keeping investors away from the market.