61.   Inflation in February is traditionally higher as shortages of some foods and other goods drive prices up during the Tet Lunar New Year holiday.

62.   Airline stocks were higher as crude oil prices eased back.

63.   Azzam said he did not have figures for May and June but expected the reserves to be higher as oil prices remained strong.

64.   Dealers said the investment unit was being pushed higher as specualtion mounted that it would soon be scrapped.

65.   Despite strong new homes sales data, the euro pushed higher as signs of weakness in US consumer demand emerged, said Kamal Sharma, currency analyst at Commerzbank.

66.   DRAM makers were mostly higher as firmer DRAM spot prices outweighed the falls on Nasdaq and concerns over the ongoing US antitrust probe into the DRAM industry.

67.   Drug stocks led the market higher as fears of far-reaching health reforms faded with the Republican victory in Congress, dealers said.

68.   Sugar was higher as India appeared ready to import on a large scale to compensate for its production deficit.

69.   The real number is believed to be considerably higher as not all executions and death sentences are made public.