31.   The gain helped lift crude oil, as traders wait to see whether a three-day-old strike by refinery workers in Kuwait will limit supplies.

32.   The prices of Treasury securities were almost unchanged Thursday as traders waited for the release Friday morning of the employment report for January.

33.   To be sure, the dollar pared losses as traders wait for evidence that Korea will comply with IMF conditions for an aid package.

34.   Today, while all other European bond markets fell, gilts were steady as traders waited for a lead from overseas.

35.   Traders are now waiting to see whether the Bundesbank follows the U.S. and Japan by cutting German interest rates when its policy-setting council meets Thursday.

36.   Traders are waiting to see if the report reinforces the perception that the U.S. economy is growing fast enough to prevent the Federal Reserve from lowering interest rates soon.

37.   Traders also are waiting for a Brazilian crop estimate from Leon Yallouz, a closely watched private forecaster and former USDA employee.

38.   Traders are also waiting for a key weekly bulletin on U.S. oil inventories and production, to be issued by the American Petroleum Institute after markets close tomorrow.

39.   Traders are waiting for more signs on U.S. economic health as well as those on the Japanese economy.

40.   Traders are waiting for results from a policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve today and tomorrow.