But trading has eased back in the past two sessions.
After confronting fierce industry resistance and political realities, officials in Washington have eased back.
However, after hitting record highs, interest rates have eased back to 10%.
Glaxo has climbed 15p to £10.47, but the rest of the market has eased back on a spate of profit taking.
Holmes conserved her energies and, under her coach's instructions not to betray "everything you have", eased back to finish second in both her heat and semi-final.
Rupert Murdoch's Times rebuilt its post-Wapping circulation to a late 90s peak of about 750,000, although that has eased back to just under 600,000 today.
In the top one there is what is happening to global output, the red line, which has eased back a little, coupled with the expectations of manufacturers, the blue line, which has perked up a little.
The fans were able to indulge in a bit of catharsis by cheering for Bonds, who seemed to have eased back to the svelte proportions of head and neck and trunk of his early days with the Pirates.
Italian and Spanish bonds were caught in the sell-off in risk assets last week, but yields on both have eased back as focus turns to the European Central Bank's next step.
Then Flintoff, who had eased back with three overs on Wednesday, took over from the Stretford End with a gale at his back, and started thumping the ball into Warren Hegg's gloves.
