21.   Traders said the computer-chip stocks were also helped by strength in similar shares in the U.S.

22.   While dollar strength helps to subdue inflation, it hurts U.S. exports to Japan by making them more expensive in yen terms.

23.   While dollar strength helps to subdue inflation in the U.S., it hurts U.S. exports to Japan by making them more expensive in yen terms.

24.   Yet strength of schedule helped.

25.   It was higher in the morning, helped by strength in overseas trading, then turned lower after noon before turning up again.

26.   Muster thinks mental strength has helped him this year.

27.   That strength has helped to minimize the slump.

28.   Strength in cyclicals helped transportation issues move forward in what market analysts said was an long overdue advance.

29.   This caused the renewed fall Monday of the French currency, which drove traders to the German mark, whose strength helped the dollar fall.

30.   Tokyo stocks were helped by strength in futures prices and increased market optimism, traders said.