11.   That was the main reason a promising Mets rally fizzled after one run.

12.   Prices on the London Stock Exchange finished just slighly higher Friday, after a midafternoon rally fizzled.

13.   After an early rally in corn fizzled, prices sank under the pressure of forecasts showing periodic rains ahead in the corn belt.

14.   After months of watching rallies fizzle, many investors have stopped buying in a market that has so far defied prediction.

15.   And investors, who have watched previous rallies fizzle, are still inclined to take profits rather than risk losing them.

16.   But the rally fizzled as profit-taking soon set in.

17.   But the rally fizzled in the afternoon after a Saudi embassy official told reporters at the talks that the country had no intention of using oil as a weapon.

18.   Dealers said the dollar was mixed in Tokyo, after an apparent dollar rally fizzled in the face of strong selling interest around current levels.

19.   In Hong Kong, share prices fell mostly after an early property-led rally fizzled and light profit-taking bit into gains in the afternoon.

20.   In Hong Kong, the gains were less impressive as an early rally fizzled.