1.   Although prices had opened sharply higher in thin trading volume, influenced by overseas buying, they ended on the decline.

2.   Bond prices shifted lower, also on thin volume.

3.   A continuing concern at the moment, however, has been the very thin volume of trading recently.

4.   But as most investors are well aware, thin volume often exaggerates market movement.

5.   But most of the gains were magnified by the thin volume.

6.   Eddie Gobing, the exchange governor, recalled it came as the result of thin trading volumes, a likely symptom of the political climate.

7.   Ralph stood on tiptoes and pulled a thin volume off a high shelf.

8.   The lower end-of-year volumes keep many domestic investors at bay, too, as share price swings tend to be exaggerated in thin volume.

9.   The municipal market was quiet Friday in thin volume, with traders noting some firming of prices that had been soft for days.

10.   The thin volumes are certainly the publishing sleepers of the year.