1.   For traders who made money when bonds rose yesterday, selling to lock in profits before that report makes sense, he said.

2.   Investors also sold to lock in profits before the end of the fiscal half-year in September.

3.   Others analysts said investors sold to lock in profits, after anticipating the strong first-quarter report and buying shares before the earnings were announced.

4.   The bond market has been hit hard by interest-rate increases by the Federal Reserve, and some investors are selling to lock in losses for tax purposes.

5.   Refiners sold to lock in profits and to hedge themselves against lower prices until the buying dried up, trading sources said.

6.   Since metals are dollar-based commodities, a rise in its value encourages selling to lock in profits.

7.   The gain was later trimmed as some index-linked stocks succumbed to selling pressure when local and foreign players sold to lock in profits.

8.   While investors are growing more confident that the economy will recover next year, analysts said reminders of weakness will tempt them to sell to lock in gains.

9.   While investors are growing more confident that the economy will recover next year, analysts said that reminders of weakness will tempt them to sell to lock in gains.

10.   But some investors sold to lock in profits after absorbing the earnings of property companies, he added.