101.   Dealers said the rise in US long-bond yields gave investors an excuse to take profit in property stocks while the interest rate outlook remains uncertain.

102.   Dealers said that retail investors took profits to avoid risks in volatile trading, while most foreign investors remained sidelined because the economic outlook remains uncertain.

103.   Financial circles here believe the outlook remains uncertain.

104.   The outlook for exports remained muted with demand still soft around the region and in the bigger western markets, an analyst with Goldman Sachs said.

105.   The outlook remains somewhat mixed however.

106.   The outlook remains dire more than a year after President Ernesto Zedillo put his draconian economic plan into action.

107.   Meanwhile, the euro was rangebound against the dollar, but its outlook remained unimpressive, dealers said.

108.   Shares were expected to consolidate at the current level in coming sessions but the medium term outlook remained positive, dealers said.

109.   The central bank left its assessment of downward price movements unchanged, although its outlook remained wary.

110.   The company said the outlook nevertheless remained severe.