51.   This is expected to lead to further Japanese investor buying of European bonds.

52.   This in turn triggered buying of the bank stocks which make up a large part of the value of the average.

53.   U.K. stocks closed mostly higher as the dollar jumped following central bank buying of the currency and U.S. stocks broke free from an early decline.

54.   Wheat futures fell as buying of corn and soybean futures lost steam, analysts said.

55.   When the knock-outs are thus knocked out, the Fed says, that triggers a burst of buying of regular options that sends their prices skyrocketing.

56.   Overnight gains on Wall Street encouraged buying of Japanese technology stocks, keeping the market higher most of the day.

57.   After a round of selling, the blue-chip Nikkei average moved into positive territory on buying of major technology issues.

58.   Also Thursday, unconfirmed rumors of central bank buying of German marks spurred traders to buy marks, weakening the dollar.

59.   And, King, the Zona analyst, said small businesses should be thinking about doing their own buying of services, supplies and raw materials online.

60.   Brokers attributed the uptrend to continued buying of blue chips by investors who have discounted a possible rise in U.S. interest rates.