short covering

"There was some short covering by dealers when they saw the results," he said.

There may be some up days in the stock market because of short covering and bottom fishing.

Much of the buying was caused by short covering, several dealers said.

There is also a lot of buying on market orders and short covering at the opening.

"The short covering became far more pronounced here after the European markets closed."

The short covering plus program buying, he said, lifted the Dow.

The shifts in both markets were exacerbated by what is known as "short covering."

Despite some nervous short covering early in the day, most traders felt that there would be no surprises.

Most of the buying in the stock market by trading-oriented investors was short covering.

This short covering helped to offset the impact of the record monthly trade deficit.

"That led to a terrific amount of short covering."

I will send it on with a short covering note explaining how it came into my hands.

But even short covering had little net impact on what was essentially a one-way market - down."

The bond market's recovery toward the end of the week was clearly caused by investor and dealer short covering.

This caused some cautionary short covering, which helped slash the earlier losses by a third.

The short covering, which reflects growing pessimism among investors about the market's direction, ended the period at 820.3 million shares.

The buying in the futures market was largely related to index arbitrage and short covering.

Precious metals futures closed higher, lifted by short covering.

Precious metals futures closed lower after the end of a rally, which had resulted from forced short covering.

"The news that consumer credit contracted by $280 million last month was enough to prompt short covering," she said.

"Typically when the market rallies, you get short covering, and I think part of the movement today was people covering their shorts."

Traders said the spurt was caused by short covering and some index-arbitrage-related program trading.

This "short covering" is one outcome of a sudden rise in the dollar that can help the central banks' efforts have the desired effect.

In short covering, dollars must be bought to replace those sold earlier in anticipation of a decline.

Prices of two-year notes and other short-term maturities benefited from considerable short covering.