31.   Rising yields can prompt investors to sell emerging market equities and buy bonds.

32.   Stocks have also benefited from low U.S. bond yields, which can push investors to seek higher returns in emerging market equities.

33.   Stocks were also lifted by low U.S. bond yields, which can push investors to seek higher returns in emerging market equities.

34.   Stocks which are widely traded abroad closed mixed after a rise in U.S. interest rates prompted some foreign investors to sell emerging market equities and buy U.S. bonds.

35.   The higher U.S. bond yields can attract investors away from emerging market equities.

36.   Thomas Nahm joins from Salomon Brothers International, where he traded emerging market equities and equity derivatives, Lehman said.