11.   Players shorted the futures due to the continued slide of the ringgit against the US dollar, said dealers.

12.   Philippine stocks ended mixed Tuesday in sluggish trading as investors found no fresh news to perk up buying interest, dealers said.

13.   Philippine stocks fell sharply to a new six-year low Thursday, pressured by overnight losses on Wall Street and the weaker peso, dealers said.

14.   A falling Indonesian rupiah was the driving force behind losses in the peso and other Southeast Asian currencies in early trading Friday, dealers said.

15.   A lack of major economic news was putting the dollar somewhat in a correction stage, however, said the dealer, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

16.   A dealer said although there were many people in the market, they were only checking prices.

17.   A lack of major economic news was putting the dollar somewhat in a correction stage, said the dealer who spoke on condition of anonymity.

18.   A noticeably weaker Thai baht, which is closely tracked in the peso market, also weighed on the peso, dealers said.

19.   After early gains following an overnight rally on Wall Street, prices fell on arbitrage-linked selling in the afternoon session, dealers said.

20.   After gaining moderately in early trading, the key indexes fell back in the afternoon session as selling by profit-takers weighed on the market, dealers said.