1.   The company believes even the home market has been boosted by the housing recession, with people preferring to redecorate rather than move.

2.   Analysts say a rate cut would almost certainly boost the market.

3.   A fall in interest rates is also boosting the market, traders said.

4.   A resurgence of takeover speculation boosted the market Thursday and Friday and should set the pace for the week ahead.

5.   A return to securities in so-called soft currencies, like the Swedish krona, Italian lira and Spanish peseta, boosted those markets.

6.   Additionally, investors are buying banks in anticipation of an inflow of domestic pension fund money, expected on Monday, which is likely to boost the market.

7.   All this fresh cash has itself boosted the market, giving fund managers plenty of fuel to keep the market growing.

8.   Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA also boosted the market.

9.   Cutting these taxes alone may not go far enough to boost the market, a trader said.

10.   Domestic share issues of other state assets will further boost the market next year, Lamus said.