1.   Freeing the repo rate to float would allow banks to bid the rate lower in times of ample liquidity.

2.   Against this background, monetary policy should keep providing ample liquidity.

3.   Despite that the overnight rates remained stable due to ample liquidity in short term tenor.

4.   Despite that, the overnight rates remained stable due to ample liquidity in short-term tenor.

5.   However the overnight money continued to be traded on softer tone throughout the week due to short term ample liquidity in the system.

6.   Share prices soared Thursday after Minister of Finance Hiroshi Mitsuzuka and Bank of Japan Governor Yasuo Matsushita issued a joint statement pledging to provide ample liquidity to financial markets.

7.   He added the BoJ would need to avoid risks to the financial system by providing ample liquidity, he told a business conference.

8.   Growing concerns over negative side-effects of ample liquidity are also dampening sentiment by pressuring interest rates, he added.

9.   Investment trust companies backed by ample liquidity have been active players in supporting the market, digesting most of the selling pressure from foreign investors.

10.   An easing of withdrawals from finance companies, coupled with ample liquidity in the money market, also boosted sentiment, analysts said.