11.   Bonds also declined amid speculation that hedge funds were selling Treasury securities, traders said.

12.   Bonds closed little changed, after retreating late in the session, as U.S. Treasury bonds declined amid concern growth could accelerate in the second half of the year.

13.   Bonds declined amid concern that the economy will show no sign of slowing, prompting the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates later this year.

14.   Brazilian stocks declined amid concern an Argentine tax package could fail to cut a budget deficit there and lead investors to pull out of the region.

15.   Brazilian stocks declined amid poor results at steelmakers, as rising production costs cut into profitability.

16.   A number of computer chip and precision instrument maker shares declined amid worries that sales growth in the U.S could slow.

17.   Against the yen, the dollar rose for the first time in eight days as Japanese stocks declined amid tumbling financial markets from Korea to Indonesia.

18.   BRAZILIAN stocks declined amid poor results at steelmakers, as rising production costs affected profitability.

19.   Brazilian stocks declined amid speculation the sale of Rio de Janeiro utility Light Servicos de Eletricidade SA would be postponed.

20.   Brokerages also declined amid concern more of them could be implicated in a scandal at Nomura Securities over payoffs to a racketeer.