11.   The prospect of high interest rates until the end of the year also is weighing on stocks, preventing any sustained rally, analysts said.

12.   The spate of acquisitions on Wall Street, combined with the sustained rallies in financial markets, are improving the credit quality of brokerage firms.

13.   U.S. stocks may be poised for their first sustained rally since the summer.

14.   Yamada said she believed that a sustained rally was especially unlikely this year, even before the mess in Florida started to unfold.

15.   But market analysts cautioned that the foundations for a sustained rally in the Thai equity prices were still not present.

16.   But they took the lead with just four minutes remaining after a sustained rally.

17.   A Dongwon Securities dealer also tipped a sustained rally based on rotational buying among stocks that have so far been neglected.

18.   Brokers said the sustained rally on Wall Street and overnight gains of the Nikkei futures contract in Chicago also cheered market sentiment here.

19.   Prices rose on the back of the sustained Wall Street rally and receding concerns over immediate interest rate hikes in Japan and the United States, brokers said.

20.   Sentiment appeared to be growing that Wall Street may stage a sustained rally after two dismal years as the economy comes out of its slump.