21.   But by the afternoon, worries about interest rates eroded the gains.

22.   Brokers said share prices opened higher in reaction to an overnight rise on Wall Street, but profit-taking later in the session eroded the gains.

23.   Brokers said share prices opened higher in reaction to an overnight rise on Wall Street, but that profit-taking eroded the gains late in the session.

24.   But the early gains were eroded after selective profit-taking hit the market, brokers said.

25.   But the early gains were eroded by profit-taking, they said.

26.   But those gains were quickly eroded by lingering doubts the government will actually move to enact any large-scale tax cuts.

27.   But the gains were eroded throughout the session in a market turned lackluster in part by the lack of a weather threat to the U.S. crop.

28.   Continuing political instability is eroding gains made in the battle against poverty in Cambodia, the U.N. Development Program warned Monday.

29.   In Hong Kong, share prices rose for the third consecutive day, although late selling eroded early gains.

30.   In Hong Kong, shares closed lower as losses in several large property companies eroded early gains in the main index.