31.   The dollar advanced after a wild ride in foreign-exchange markets, ending moderately higher against the German mark and sharply higher against the Japanese yen.

32.   The dollar advanced against the yen.

33.   The dollar advanced early in the session, when a large U.S. fund in Singapore made a massive dollar purchase in a thin market.

34.   The dollar has advanced against the mark for three-straight trading sessions.

35.   The dollar advanced against the yen Monday, partly on increasing tension over a possible North Korean missile test.

36.   The dollar advanced in overnight trading in New York following a call from the Group of Seven industrialized nations for a stronger American currency.

37.   The dollar advanced and retreated alternately Wednesday, a move that indicates its floor against the yen will edge up, he said.

38.   The threat of Central Bank intervention initially kept the dollar in check, but the fears receded and the dollar advanced strongly in late trading.

39.   Traders said the dollar advanced largely because of selling of the Japanese yen against the German mark.

40.   In late Singapore trade, the dollar advanced against Asian currencies under pressure from the tumbling Japanese yen.