21.   Corn settled higher amid generally bullish sentiments for that commodity.

22.   Corn futures reached a two-month high Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade amid bullish sentiments that the long price slump may be over.

23.   Diminishing expectations for an increase in Japanese interest rates was strengthening bullish sentiment toward the dollar.

24.   Failure to agree to the extension could undermine the bullish sentiment that has prevailed over the crude contract for the past few weeks.

25.   For China, the deal may help attract investment from Japanese business, whose once bullish sentiment on China has soured on closed Chinese markets.

26.   In currency trading, the peso rose against the dollar in morning trading, buoyed by thin dollar demand and bullish sentiment on regional stock markets, traders said.

27.   In Taiwan, share prices closed higher for the third straight day in active trading on continued bullish sentiment.

28.   In Singapore, shares closed mostly higher on continued bullish sentiment.

29.   Meanwhile, the dollar was stable against the yen amid persistent bullish sentiment as some investors adjusted their dollar positions ahead of the weekend, traders said.

30.   Meanwhile, there was no indication of the bullish sentiments on the KLCE rubbing off on plantation stocks on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.