11.   Dealers also attributed the rise to encouraging economic news.

12.   Dealers attributed the improved sentiments to the encouraging words by IMF and US officials who visited Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

13.   Dealers attributed the latest pressure on the peso to rising domestic interest rates and recent heavy losses on the stock exchange.

14.   Dealers attributed the move to profit-taking and said these shares have had a good run recently on talk of pan-European consolidation.

15.   Dealers attributed the rise to selective buying of banking and finance company stocks that had fallen in recent days.

16.   Dealers attributed the weakening ringgit to commercial demand and persistent uncertainty about regional economy.

17.   Dealers attributed the decline to worries over the fate of Thai financial institutions.

18.   Dealers attributed the rise to offshore buying from Hong Kong and Singapore amid renewed confidence after the two-tier currency market was abolished last week.

19.   Dealers attributed the slight decrease in the SET Index to investors selling in reaction to the further decline in the baht.

20.   Dealers attributed the baht decline to a massive wave of dollar buying by companies and a concerted nosedive by regional currencies.