21.   Besides the currency factor, trading was limited on talk that Indonesia was lifting its export ban on palm kernel oil and stearin, said a dealer.

22.   Bidders clogged six phone lines during the Berninghaus auction, and many were surprised at the price, said dealer Tom Mann.

23.   But if there was intervention, it was very small, said the dealer, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

24.   But Malaysian shares slipped lower in early trading as investors trimmed portfolios amid expectations of a further deterioration in the Malaysian economy, dealers said.

25.   But late afternoon buying from pension funds reversed the course, dealers said.

26.   But the slip was not as bad as expected, thanks to good dividends announced by service and industrial companies, dealers said.

27.   But the dollar was locked in narrow range in sluggish early trading with little major economic news affecting the market, dealers said.

28.   But sentiment favoring the dollar now remains rather strong, said the dealer, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

29.   But the dollar retreated from its morning high on selling by Japanese exporting companies, a Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank dealer said.

30.   Continued buying from foreign investors, a major factor supporting the market in recent weeks, and arbitrage-linked buying pushed the key indexes higher, dealers said.