The trader hadn't dumped his garbage into the recycling system.

Otherwise traders will dump the stock on the market at giveaway prices, thereby discouraging the public from renting.

But because of the unrest in the Middle East, traders would not dump dollars in anticipation of lower interest rates.

Both moves meant, at least for now, that European and other traders would not suddenly dump dollars and lira to move to the German mark.

The British pound and the dollar fell sharply right after the explosions, as traders dumped both for the perceived safety of the euro and the Swiss franc.

The rise erased the decline of $1.71 a day earlier, when traders dumped oil contracts on an unfounded rumor about the death of Saddam Hussein.

When Mr. Soros said earlier this month that the mighty German mark was overvalued, traders dumped the currency, causing it to fall.

In 2003, Hungary got a reminder of the risks of going it alone, when the central bank modestly devalued the forint, and traders promptly dumped the currency.

In the bond market, traders dumped existing bonds, pushing interest rates on long-term Treasury securities to more than 7 percent for the first time in a year.

In Italy, shares in Unicredit were suspended again as traders dumped stock ahead of a rights issue.