If Japan were hit with fresh cases of suspicious mail, that would put an additional burden on the market.

Look for retail investors and brokerage dealers to pinpoint individual shares that are liquid and carry a theme.

The fog has died away.

Domestic institutions were looking for reasons to unwind a good slice of their long positions in the tech sector. The yen and the Nasdaq gave them two very good ones.

Stocks with higher dividends keep luring investors ahead of the fiscal year end.

The market looks ready to break 10,000.