91.   Traders are now waiting for January consumer price index figures which are due out Wednesday.

92.   Traders were waiting for a Thursday evening speech by chancellor of the exchequer Kenneth Klarke for clues on the future.

93.   Traders were also waiting for the result of the second and last round of the French presidential election on Sunday.

94.   Traders were waiting for the release early Friday of weekly sales figures and hoping for confirmation of a grain order from China.

95.   Traders were waiting for the federal government to announce its quarterly refinancing program in the early afternoon.

96.   Trading slowed in the afternoon as traders waited to see what would happen, Koenitzer said.

97.   Traders also waited to see how strikes by public sector workers in France would develop throughout the day.

98.   Traders are also waiting to hear what Greenspan has to say about Mexico, Farrell added.

99.   Traders were also waiting for weekly figures on US crude stock levels, which have been rising steadily in recent months because of weak demand.

100.   Traders were waiting for Greenspan to elaborate on his remarks to the Senate, Larry Wachtel, Prudential Securities analyst, said.