21.   Prices firmed owing to strong Asian demand and weak Australian output.

22.   Prices firmed in Rotterdam, supported by a range of factors.

23.   Prices also firmed because of the continued strike at the Chilean mine of Quebrada Blanca.

24.   Rubber futures prices firmed in line with the Japanese market in active trading here Friday, dealers said.

25.   Share prices firmed marginally in thin trading early on Tuesday and were underpinned by a strong Wall Street performance overnight and a rally in futures, dealers said.

26.   Share prices here firmed in early trading on Thursday in response to overnight rises on Wall Street and in Asian markets, dealers said.

27.   Share prices here firmed in quiet trading early on Tuesday in response to a fall in the British public deficit in June, dealers said.

28.   Singapore rubber futures prices firmed Thursday on higher turnover amid short-covering by European traders, dealers said.

29.   Singapore rubber futures prices firmed Wednesday in line with the Japanese market on lower turnover, dealers said.

30.   Share prices here firmed in early trading in response to strength on the futures and bond markets.