1.   Another involved investors squaring their positions ahead of the employment report Friday.

2.   If the process makes it to that point, the participating parties will take up the matter of squaring two positions with little consonance.

3.   Options traders and investors prefer open markets at the end of the day so they can trade stock to square their positions.

4.   The dollar rose in thin activity as traders squared their positions ahead of the weekend.

5.   Treasury prices weakened Tuesday as market participants, faced with additional new supply, squared their positions ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

6.   Wednesday, most market participants chose to square positions as the market began to look ahead to next week with more supply looming and fresh economic data.

7.   Otherwise, they would keep their position squared, he said.

8.   Amid offshore commercial demand for the dollar and the strengthening South Korean won, dealers said the local market remained quiet with players mostly squaring their positions.

9.   Bond prices were mixed Thursday, as traders squared their positions and looked ahead to the new year.

10.   Bond traders, meanwhile, squared their positions, looking ahead to the possibility of an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve next month.