21.   The company also said trading of its shares resumed last Thursday.

22.   Finance Minister Amnuay Virawan said trading in the sectors was suspended Monday to give foreign and local investors time to digest the new information.

23.   Greenslades broker David Fergusson said trading had been positive throughout the day, driven substantially by Wall Street and later by Telecom, which announced a management reshuffle.

24.   He said trading should slow down in the afternoon as traders could leave the market by midday.

25.   Intersuisse equities manager Andrew Sekely said trading was mixed with the same number of stocks rising as those that had fallen.

26.   ABN Amro Morgans client adviser Margaret Morrissey said trading had been mixed, with positive corporate results and outlook statements supporting relevant stocks.

27.   Capital Nomura Securities Plc strategist Ekpittaya Iamkongek said trading remained active in financial stocks, despite restrictions imposed on United Securities.

28.   Dealers said trading on the dollar-mark cross largely followed the dollar-yen trading, with other currencies mostly quiet in Tokyo.

29.   Wall Street Finance and Securities analyst Issarapol Kunsorn said trading was volatile as bargain-hunting emerged in late trade but failed to offset continued profit-taking.

30.   Meanwhile stock exchanges in Montreal and Toronto said trading in Bre-X shares would resume Tuesday after a suspension.