31.   All this helped weaken the mark and partly eclipse concern about the continued agitation on the French labor scene.

32.   But some dealers said the purpose was to weaken the mark against the dollar and indirectly to support the French franc.

33.   Dealers had concluded that German rates would fall and this had weakened the mark.

34.   The rise of the dollar weakened the mark and helped other European currencies, notably the lira.

35.   Turner commented that the firming of the guilder and of the Belgian franc weakened the mark against the dollar.

36.   Uncertainty about the political situation in the Kremlin continued to weaken the mark, he said.

37.   Strikes in Germany weakened the mark against leading currencies on Monday and the dollar rose.

38.   The mark was weakened against most other currencies by factors that have persisted since mid-month, said First Chicago analyst Peter Von Maydell.