81.   Singapore shares were boosted by foreign fund buying on the back of what investors perceive as an improving economic situation in the region, dealers said.

82.   Shares opened higher in Singapore as mild overnight gains in New York lent support to the market, dealers said.

83.   Shares were lifted by the overnight gains on Wall Street, and by hopes that interest rates will be cut soon by banks in the city-state, dealers said.

84.   Should there be any price drop this week, it would not be very significant, said a dealer adding that the undertone of the market was still strong.

85.   Sell-offs at other regional bourses further encouraged foreign investors to leave the Thai stock market, dealers said.

86.   Share prices fell as many investors held back to see the yen-dollar movements at the start of a new week, dealers said.

87.   Shares closed lower in sluggish trading yesterday, dampened by concerns over Indonesia and its impact on the region, dealers said.

88.   Shares opened lower as investors continued to worry over the stability of the Thai baht, dealers said.

89.   Singapore shares also closed sharply higher as the market focuses on hopes that industrialized countries may be able to pull Asia out of its doldrums, dealers said.

90.   Still, the government may be unable to stem a rise in the yen, dealers said.