41.   Aswin Butcha of Ekkapat Finance said punters were active among second-line stocks with sentiment much improved on news that the baht was continuing its recovery.

42.   The trend of the diffusion indexes signal the economy is continuing its recovery, the agency said.

43.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin pledged to ensure national reconciliation and to work with his opponents Thursday as he continued his recovery from open heart surgery two days ago.

44.   The dollar firmed against other major currencies except the Japanese yen in New York early Monday, continuing its recovery begun in European markets.