71.   The Nikkei has been trading at the highest levels in four years as continued buying from major domestic players buoys the market.

72.   The Tokyo market was also buoyed by solid gains on Wall Street since late last week and by the fact that fiscal year-end selling by Japanese companies was over.

73.   The Tokyo market was initially buoyed by advances in technology blue chips, including Tokyo Electron, Fujitsu, Toshiba and Sony, as well as automaker Nissan Motor.

74.   He also said good fourth quarter earning reports from US companies continued to buoy the market.

75.   High technology stocks, which had buoyed the market Monday, suffered from profit taking.

76.   Analysts said the market was buoyed by a higher Wall Street on Friday and by the firm US bond market.

77.   But the market was buoyed by good performance from high tech companies as several computer firms announced good quarterly results.

78.   Commerzbank noted that the bond market had been buoyed by good prospects for lower interest rates.

79.   Continued falls in LME reserves buoyed the market, despite downward pressure from technical trading, dealers said.

80.   Share prices rose here early on Wednesday when the market was buoyed by increasing takeover speculation and a late recovery on Wall Street, dealers said.