1.   Foreign investors have shunned markets here, spurred in part by the Asian financial crisis and a drop in oil prices.

2.   PHILIPPINE stocks fell, led by Manila Electric Co., as concern that U.S. interest rates may rise prompted foreign investors to shun the market.

3.   So investment astuteness is not properly gauged by how thoroughly one shuns the bond market.

4.   Still, most mainstream advertisers continue to shun the market because of the stigma many attach to homosexuality.

5.   Though she has every reason to shun the market, she is just one of its many backers these days.

6.   Venezuelan stocks declined as foreign investors shunned the market.

7.   Venezuelan stocks fell for a fourth consecutive day in light volume as foreign investors shunned the market after the U.S. bombed Iraq.

8.   Venezuelan stocks fell for a fourth day in light volume as foreign investors shunned the market after the U.S. bombed Iraq.

9.   Unson said the dearth of fresh market-moving news and the coming holidays led many investors to shun the market.

10.   Malaysian share prices closed slightly higher Wednesday as investors continued to shun the market in the absence of strong positive leads, dealers said.