1.   Financial issues also rallied, as investors wagered loan demand would increase and investment in equities would be bolstered by lower interest rates.

2.   Export issues were mostly higher, as investors wagered the rise in the U.S. dollar against other major currencies will boost profits.

3.   Investors are wagering that smaller firms may get acquired by deep-pocketed telecommunications companies looking to expand their markets as competition increases.

4.   The Thai market was among others that rallied recently as investors wagered a rate cut was coming.

5.   The slump proved short-lived, though, as investors wagered a rate cut merely had been deferred.

6.   U.S. bonds completed one of the best weeks since August as investors wagered that slowing economic growth will pull yields to historic lows this year.

7.   Stocks at home bobbed higher as investors wagered on fresh aid for the crisis-ridden economy.