1.   Technical trading dominated in the absence of reports by the government, which were postponed because of the partial federal shutdown.

2.   He said programm trading would likely dominate the market direction.

3.   Arbitrage trading dominated price movements on the day with many investors already on holidays, brokers said.

4.   Computerized trading dominated the markets early in the week while on Friday Wall Street saw a buying spree in high-technology stocks.

5.   Dealer-led technical trading dominated the trend of share prices, with other investors mostly sidelined awaiting fresh leads, they said.

6.   Trading in the session was volatile, with futures-linked trading dominating the market activity, brokers said.

7.   Wall Street closed slightly lower Thursday following quiet trading dominated by profit-taking on high-tech shares.

8.   Since late morning technical trading has dominated the market, leaving the dollar little changed against the yen and mark, dealers said.