31.   Given the positive investor sentiment, profit taking was unlikely to emerge for the time being, leaving the way open for share prices to continue moving higher.

32.   But profit taking could set in after a day or so given the gains of the last two days, he added.

33.   Brokers said prices closed higher as bargain hunting emerged towards the close following earlier declines on profit taking.

34.   Dealers said forward selling orders from exporters and profit taking by institutional investors later in the day kept the dollar from rising further.

35.   They said property stocks were particularly affected and were generally lower on profit taking while financials were holding up ahead of the reporting season.

36.   Share prices closed slightly higher on the Korea Stock Exchange Tuesday amid a tug of war between profit taking and bargain hunting in active trading, dealers said.

37.   Some key speculative stocks experienced renewed buying support in early trading but lost all or most of their gains on profit taking, the broker said.

38.   The Indonesian bourse is expected to see short-term profit taking in the coming week as some players relinquish blue chip holdings, an analyst said Friday.