21.   Early in the session, short covering was cited by floor traders.

22.   From April the company will start full-fledged trading with its own floor traders on the bourse, an Okasan official said.

23.   One large trade house sold it down, touching off sell-stops, or preplaced sales orders, according to a floor trader.

24.   Salomon Smith Barney senior floor trader Nicholas Angilletta said that given the lack of new US data releases investors were left to focus on the new terrorism developments.