21.   Caution ruled Wall Street on Monday as stocks edged moderately higher early in the session.

22.   European stocks edged lower Wednesday, but bank shares bucked the tide and closed higher.

23.   European stocks edged higher Tuesday but prices in most Asian markets fell in the wake of gains by the Dow Jones industrial average.

24.   Hong Kong stocks edged higher.

25.   However, by midday stocks were edging up.

26.   In Hong Kong, stocks edged higher, led by export-related companies that got a boost from an overnight release of upbeat U.S. consumer confidence data.

27.   Japanese stocks edged higher Thursday morning as investors snapped up financial shares and Sony announced a tie-up with IBM.

28.   Japanese stocks edged higher Tuesday morning in light trading prior to the release of a key economic indicator later this week.

29.   Japanese stocks edged higher in early trading Wednesday, reacting little to a historical move overnight on Wall Street.

30.   Japanese stocks edged higher.