101.   Northern troops are marking time on fronts around the besieged southern Yemeni city of Aden, an AFP correspondent reported late Thursday from the frontline.

102.   Other commodities were rather dull this week, as precious metals marked time and the base metals dipped - modestly in general.

103.   One trader explained that the main issues that had pulled the index up last week, such as Alcatel-Alsthom and Carrefour, were now marking time.

104.   Over the past few days, with opinion polls showing federalists enjoying a narrow margin over the separatists, the separatist camp appears to have been marking time.

105.   Stock prices gained on Friday in London, Paris and Frankfurt - but they marked time in Milan as operators adjusted positions ahead of the weekend, analysts said.

106.   Stock prices marked time in London on Thursday, but fell in Paris and Frankfurt.

107.   The dollar marked time before publication, due on Friday, of the US jobless figure for February.

108.   The Frankfurt stock market marked time on Thursday as investors remained in a cautious mood, waiting for more US economic statistics, trders said after the close.

109.   The dollar eased against the yen in Tokyo Monday, moving in a tight range, as investors marked time in the absence of fresh incentives.

110.   The Frankfurt stock market marked time in featureless trading, operators sasid.