51.   Trading remained quiet and volume thin ahead of the Labor Day holiday in the United States Monday.

52.   Wheat benefited from the gains in row crop prices, with the impact exaggerated because of thin trading volume.

53.   Futures-linked arbitrage buying propped up the market as thin trading volumes helped exaggerate the impact of such purchases, traders said.

54.   However he noted many investors had remained sidelined after the holiday in the US, as evidenced by the thin volumes throughout the day.

55.   However, thin volumes reflected easing selling pressure, she said.

56.   Analysts noted that the foreign exchange markets have been dogged by thin volume through the festive season, making currency movements more volatile.

57.   Analysts noted that in the thin trading volumes characteristic of holiday periods, parity swings are often exaggerated because one or two large transactions swing a lot of weight.

58.   Banks closed higher on thin volumes.

59.   Copper prices softened amid largely technical trading and thin volume.

60.   The rise, however, was less significant given the thin volume of trading.