21.   Investors eager that the prospect of rate cuts by the German Bundesbank would ignite economic activity boosted those markets in the first quarter.

22.   Investors who sell borrowed shares hoping to repurchase them at lower prices must buy replacements at some point, which boosts the market even when unrelated to other events.

23.   It is also boosting markets thanks to hefty share-buying by trust banks managing public money.

24.   It may take more than a new law to boost the market for home-grown wines.

25.   Kazakhstan has also made moves to boost its market, making budget cuts and trying to stabilize the local currency.

26.   Mahathir and the exchange have tried just about every trick in the book to boost the market.

27.   Low interest rates, increased government spending on social programs, and a lack of other investment options are expected to boost the market.

28.   Not only are they unnatural, they allow the government to say it helped boost the market without addressing the real problems facing the economy, analysts say.

29.   Not only are they unnatural, they allow the government to say it helped boost the market without addressing the real problems facing the economy, investors say.

30.   Oil and gas issues also boosted the market.