Ten-year yield now at 6.836pc, dangerously close to the problematic 7pc level.

Later in Europe, the dollar rallied strongly, rising close to the 100-yen level.

As a result, Westchester's student population dropped to about 1,938 - close to the level of previous years.

More than 150,000 troops are now deployed here, close to the highest level at any stage since the 2003 invasion.

You see things I cannot see, with your viewpoint, close to the level of the common castes.

Still, many people are fascinated that the Dow could even come close to the 2,000 level so relatively soon.

This close to the first level, with its denizens disturbed, anything might happen.

Production is running close to the level of 1984.

The Chinese claim would raise the temperature far higher, close to the level where liquid nitrogen could be used to achieve the effect.

Gold prices, which moved close to the $500-an-ounce level last week, broke through that barrier briefly, then fell back on a wave of profit taking.