21.   Yuji Tohbo, manager of the investment information department at Yamaichi Securities, said foreign investors bought blue chips on signs that foreign exchange rates were stabilizing.

22.   Yuji Tobo, manager of the investment information department at Yamaichi Securities, said foreign investors bought blue chips on signs that foreign exchange rates were stabilizing.

23.   Yuji Tohbo, manager of the investment information department at Yamaichi Securities, said foreign investors were buying blue chips on signs that foreign exchange rates were stabilizing.

24.   But after bond rates stabilized, investors quickly sold greenbacks, bringing the US currency below its level of late Wednesday, analysts said.

25.   Market watchers said they were not sure whether the yen-dollar rate was stabilizing.