71.   An analyst said the futures market moved in tandem with the stronger cash market in anticipation of gains on the cash market being extended today.

72.   An analyst said the futures market moved in tandem with the stronger cash market.

73.   An analyst said the discount spread of the futures market against the cash market has shrunk following the rebound.

74.   An analyst said the futures market continued to move in tandem with the stronger cash market.

75.   Arbitrage-related buying in the cash market, led by higher futures prices, also helped push up prices, said Hiroshi Shigemura, a Yamaichi Securities trader.

76.   At the local front, the futures market managed to record a premium to the underlying cash market during the mid-week.

77.   Barring arbitrage and index-linked buying, activity was sedate in the cash market.

78.   Barring arbitrage and index-linked buying, activity was relatively sedate in the cash market.

79.   Blue-chip prices gained slightly after higher futures prices triggered arbitrage-linked buying in the cash market.

80.   Brokers attributed the rise to arbitrage trading between the futures and the cash market.