Along the way, profits can take a back seat for a while.

But in the afternoon, there was some profit taking as prices moved higher.

Technology issues felt the sting of profit taking for one more day.

"We saw some profit taking, and there's certainly room for that."

"Still, silver held up rather well, despite the profit taking."

Even if the films do sell well, profits may take a while to catch up.

"At one point we were up $6.50, then some profit taking came in," he added.

The mark suffered from some profit taking yesterday but still closed higher.

Looks to me like the shorts are profit taking ready for the next leg down.

He said there had been some profit taking ahead of Government indicators due out this week.