11.   Although their products are arcane, both companies are among the hottest stocks on Wall Street.

12.   American portfolio managers often buy or sell Telmex, the largest stock on the Mexican exchange, as a proxy for the entire Mexican stock market.

13.   Analysts have already dropped their estimates and put the stock on hold.

14.   Among property shares that rose were City Developments Ltd., the biggest real estate stock on the exchange.

15.   An agreement to interlist the stock on the TSE often is requested as a financing condition.

16.   Analysts and journalists expect the ministry to shutter institutional sales and trading stocks on its own accounts.

17.   Analysts downgraded the stock on concern about flagging loan growth.

18.   Analysts said investors apparently bought stocks on expectations of better earnings growth and rising share prices ahead.

19.   And HBOC, a fast-growing software vendor and a high-flying stock on Wall Street, seemed to fit the bill.

20.   And this could dampen some of the enthusiasm seen in stocks on Wednesday.