111.   The dollar remains potentially bearish and may try to find its bottom sooner or later, said the dealer who spoke on condition of anonymity.

112.   The local rubber received enquiries from countries like Vietnam and Myanmar, said the dealer.

113.   The holidays resulted in players staying on the sidelines, another dealer said.

114.   The Indonesian rupiah trailed the fall in the stock market and continued to drop yesterday despite market intervention by Bank Indonesia, the central bank, said currency dealers.

115.   The Nikkei posted a moderate rebound on small-lot buying early in the session, but fell back as futures prices moved lower, dealers said.

116.   The Nikkei rebounded moderately on small-lot buying early Tuesday, but later fell back on arbitrage selling, dealers said.

117.   The local market also was buoyed by news of Indonesian government efforts to reform its financial system to prevent further dips of the rupiah, dealers said.

118.   The peso, meanwhile, strengthened moderately, buoyed by steady inflows of dollars from overseas Filipino workers, dealers said.

119.   The Philippine peso slipped against the U.S. dollar Thursday in thin trading, pressured by declines by the Thai baht, dealers said.

120.   The Philippine peso, meanwhile, weakened slightly in morning trading despite light intervention from the central bank, dealers said.