1.   The dollar was flat as currency dealers awaited developments in trade talks between Japan and the United States.

2.   The steady dollar offered bonds some fragile support, keeping prices from sinking deeper as investors and dealers awaited news of trade negotiations with Japan.

3.   The volume of trading remained moderate until the afternoon, as key market investors and dealers awaited the policy statement by the central bank.

4.   The dollar slipped against the yen early Wednesday in light trading as dealers await the release of key economic data.

5.   Forex dealers were also awaiting US growth figures for the third quarter, due out Friday.

6.   In London, gilt-edged stock fell by up to nine thirty-seconds of a point as dealers awaited the result of the last auction of gilts.

7.   Analysts said dealers were awaiting Wednesday congressional testimony of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on the US economy.

8.   As dealers here awaited the publication of the figures, trading on the London market was quiet and limited to a handful of company stocks, they said.

9.   Dealers are awaiting the release of the US consumer price index later Tuesday, and particularly the US retail sales figures for May.

10.   Dealers are awaiting US unemployment statistics next week.