1.   A nose dive by U.S. stocks also weighed on equities here as U.S. investors repatriate funds to cover losses at home, traders said.

2.   A nose dive by U.S. stocks overnight in New York also weighed on equities here as U.S. investors could repatriate funds to cover losses at home, traders said.

3.   A stronger dollar allows exporters to keep prices low overseas and to buy more yen when they repatriate funds.

4.   Declines in the U.S. usually prompt foreign brokerages to sell equities in Japan to repatriate funds, said Takeshi Nakamura, a manager at Daiwa Securities Co.

5.   Roth said the EIB action to sell deutsche mark bonds abroad will repatriate the funds, once they are lent to projects in Germany.

6.   That could push U.S. investors to sell their Japanese holdings in order to repatriate funds to cover losses at home.

7.   Beginning next month, such funds can be repatriated without a penalty and many analysts expect managers to do so.

8.   In currencies, the dollar edged lower against the yen after some Japanese exporters sold dollars to repatriate funds before closing their books, traders said.

9.   In currencies, the dollar edged lower against the yen, after some Japanese exporters sold dollars to repatriate funds before closing their fiscal year books, traders said.

10.   That heightened currency market expectations of a rally in American securities if those funds are repatriated, raising demand for dollars needed to buy them.