21.   Traders said share prices fell because sharp fluctuations on the foreign exchange market worried investors.

22.   This will protect companies paying off debt with dollars from sharp fluctuations in the peso-dollar rate when their loan matures.

23.   Traders said the market is prone to sharp fluctuations since most of corporate Japan is on vacation in observance of summer holidays this week.

24.   But Issa al-Mazidi ruled out sharp fluctuations in prices this year, saying there were no signs of large drops in world crude inventories.

25.   The price of grains on the European markets varied little, ignoring sharp fluctuations on the Chicago market.

26.   The sharp fluctuations in the dollar have prompted calls on GCC states to delink their currencies from the greenback and press for a change in oil pricing.

27.   They argue such a basket would offset sharp fluctuations in the dollar.

28.   Toyoda said sharp fluctuations and volatility in dollar-yen trading was also unfavourable.

29.   Koizumi, who rarely speaks about foreign currency matters, told reporters a sharp fluctuation in the dollar-yen market was not appropriate.