21.   Or the board could reprice the options, as some did when equity prices dipped last year.

22.   Paper prices have dipped, and so have some postal rates.

23.   Petroleum prices dipped in October, and that helped to hold down the inflation rate.

24.   Prices dipped this month as food, beverages and tobacco products and prices for transport and communication fell from September.

25.   Prices may even dip lower at supermarkets that choose to use turkeys as a loss leader, selling turkeys at a low price to bring customers into their stores.

26.   Prices will dip further between now and June, when the crop planted during the dry spells that punctuated the storms reaches the market, he said.

27.   Pulp and paper prices have also dipped from five-year highs, an indication, traders say, that mills may slow their lumber production.

28.   Speculators that had been betting that prices would dip further were force to scramble and reverse those bets to cover short positions.

29.   Stock prices also dipped.

30.   STOCKS GIVE UP BIG GAIN Stock prices dipped late in the day as traders took profits.