1.   Canada bonds rose as renewed weakness in Asian and European equity markets boosted the allure of Canadian and U.S. fixed-income instruments as a safe haven.

2.   Dan Eagan, a managing director at Blackrock Funds, said he was not concerned about renewed weakness in financial service company stocks.

3.   Dan Niles, a semiconductor analyst at Lehman Brothers, said investors were reacting to renewed weakness in dynamic random access memory, or D-RAM.

4.   Renewed weakness in the currency and a plunge in April foreign-exchange reserves heightened speculation the Reserve Bank may boost interest rates again to help restore confidence.

5.   Renewed weakness in the dollar against the Japanese yen also worsened negative market sentiment.

6.   Renewed weakness in Asian markets, as well as heightened awareness that hostilities may soon break out again in Iraq, increased the jitters.

7.   Renewed weakness in the currency and a plunge in April foreign-exchange reserves heightened speculation of another interest-rate rise.

8.   South African bonds rallied to a three-and-a-half week high, shrugging off renewed weakness in the rand and turmoil in Asian financial markets.

9.   Against the backdrop of renewed weakness, Camerlin Group Bhd displayed its underlying resilience.

10.   Dealers said stablising interbank rates, despite worries over renewed weakness in regional currencies, also lent support to the market.