Some investors took profits in select blue chips, driving the benchmark index into negative territory. Trading was confined to a narrow range ... ahead of the long Christmas holiday.

You could barely see. ... A truck was right on my tail. The next thing I see, I was driving onto a split trailer full of meat.

We need to make sure the public understands what's happening to us. Get used to driving all night to Long Beach and sleeping on the lawn, because we are going to need to do this again.

Gains in the market are fund-led. Trading in the region remains relatively strong with funds pursuing select stocks, among them metals. Overnight gains on Wall Street also helped sentiment.

The market turned lower in late morning due to profit-taking after the sharp gains of 200 points yesterday.

Trading is cautious ahead of the US jobs data. It should give us an idea about the interest rate trends in the coming months.