41.   Wheat futures prices also reflected continued worry about the hard winter wheat crop.

42.   Dealers also noted continued worries about the reliability of co arrested by US authorities for allegedly violating insider trading rules.

43.   The yen rebounded slightly after it had slumped to a three-year low against the dollar on continued worries about the state of the Japanese economy.

44.   Proton sustained further selling on continued worries over the impact of high research and development costs, they added.

45.   The dollar was slightly firmer against the yen in Singapore Thursday amid continued worries over the state of the Japanese economy, dealers said.