1.   A number of blue-chip electronics stocks were higher.

2.   Chan said that as demand for PCs has slowed in the past six months, Standard Chartered has recommended investors underweight Singapore electronics stocks in their portfolios.

3.   Continued interest in some electronics company stocks like Oki Electric Industry Co. also propelled the market higher.

4.   Electronics stocks fell in tandem with a fall last Friday in New York stocks, analysts said.

5.   Electronics stocks rose on the belief that international fund management companies, such as Morgan Stanley Group, might sell warrants on the shares, said Ni.

6.   Electronics stocks such as Creative Technology Ltd. also gained after a surge in U.S. electronics orders.

7.   Electronics stocks surged on speculation that international securities companies might soon offer warrants on their shares, said Chris Ni, chief dealer at International Investment Trust.

8.   Electronics stocks were among the hardest hit Thursday, in part because of the continuing weakness in Nasdaq trading in the United States.

9.   Inventec Co., which makes notebook computers, helped trigger the fall in electronics stocks.

10.   Other electronics stocks also rose on the report in the Maeil Economic Daily.