21.   An already weak market sentiment was further vitiated when some investors took cue of the curb and sold down their positions.

22.   Among those stocks sold down were power distributor Manila Electric Co., Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.

23.   For one, there has been the foreign selling down of counterssuch as Genting.

24.   Foreign and local investors have sold down the currencies in Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia, causing dramatic drops in value against the dollar.

25.   However, its rebound was shortlived when investors took the opportunity to sell down their positions.

26.   In Hong Kong, share prices mostly fell as investors sold down their holdings ahead of a long weekend and fund managers closed their books for the first quarter.

27.   Investors sold down their positions on worry about the embattled UEM-Renong Bhd acquisition deal.

28.   Investors sold down key property stocks on both occasions.

29.   It planned to encourage employee shareholding and would in time sell down some of its ownership to Australian interests, Farell said.

30.   Last November there was speculation in Tokyo and Hong Kong that Bank Of Yokohama was expected to sell down its entire equity portfolio.