31.   Of the remaining investment, most was in American depositary receipts in Chilean companies traded abroad.

32.   Pension funds also saw a surge in investments in shares and bonds issued by Chilean companies.

33.   Separately, a decline in U.S. interest rates boosted demand for Chilean companies traded abroad, Eckel said.

34.   Shares in Cia. de Telecomunicaciones de Chile SA, or CTC, fell as investors sold shares in Chilean companies traded abroad.

35.   Shares of Chilean companies listed in New York declined Friday on investor concern that rising U.S. lending rates will draw investors away from the equity market, analysts said.

36.   Shareholders in Chilean companies have the option to buy shares from a secondary offering before other investors.

37.   Shares in other Chilean companies with investments in Argentina also rallied today.

38.   Signs that Brazil has taken steps to cut spending, which could lead interest rates lower than earlier expected, boosted shares of Chilean companies with investments there.

39.   She pointed to Antofagasta Holdings, a Chilean mining company which plans to spin off its Quinenco industrial group later this year.

40.   Sun Microsystems Inc., the Mountain View, California, maker of powerful computer workstations, also was named as a possible bidder for shares in the Chilean company.