31.   The surge followed release of better-than-expected employment data, which heightened expectations of another rise in short-term interest rates.

32.   News of the agreement heightened expectations for progress at the Rome meeting scheduled Friday to flesh out political and constitutional agreements reached in Geneva and New York last month.

33.   Such expectations were heightened by remarks from Qatari Energy Minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiya on Tuesday.

34.   The dollar rose against the yen here Monday, with US non-farm payroll released last week heightening expectations for a rise in US interest rates, dealers said.