31.   While it made provisions on those holdings last year, the market has slumped further since, making additional provisions inevitable, said Sirou.

32.   Asian markets slump on currency worries.

33.   Asian markets slumped in early share trading Friday, amid uncertainties about the global economy following the terrorist attacks in the United States.

34.   As the local carbon black market has slumped, competition in the market has grown fiercer.

35.   But the market slumped thereafter.

36.   Credit agencies are warning the deal might be considered a default and Argentine markets slumped on Monday after Cavallo said a deal in the works would include foreign credits.

37.   From Tokyo to Frankfurt, from Brazil to Paris, equity markets were slumping.

38.   From Tokyo to Frankfurt, from Brazil to Paris, equity markets slumped.

39.   It has declined as the market has slumped in the past year or so.

40.   Most Southeast Asian markets have slumped sharply since July as investors concluded that the once-booming economies were spending and borrowing too much.