11.   Bond yields rose for a second day in Germany, where investors await wholesale price reports later this week.

12.   Brokerage firm stocks did little as investors awaited the initial public offering by Goldman Sachs Group, now scheduled for next week.

13.   British government bonds were little changed as investors awaited the outcome of bond auctions in the U.S. later today and the Bundesbank council meeting on Thursday.

14.   But some analysts said that the Western investors were still awaiting more concrete evidence of the Russian effort before considering a return to the market.

15.   Canadian stocks are expected to open little changed as investors await U.S. economic data later this week, which may signal the direction of interest rates, analysts said.

16.   Colombia stocks fell for a fifth straight session as investors await end-of-quarter company earnings reports.

17.   Colombian stocks were little changed as investors await a resolution to a drug-money scandal that could lead to the ouster of President Ernesto Samper.

18.   Colombian stocks fell for a fifth straight session as investors await end-of-quarter company earnings reports.

19.   Emerging market debt prices were little changed as investors awaited a U.S. government report on jobs that may show an economy heating up.

20.   German shares are seen mixed in coming days as investors await the outcome of European Union talks over a key deficit-cutting pact.