41.   Dealers said market sentiment also turned negative with no fresh news, particularly from the United States where a public holiday kept Wall Street closed Monday.

42.   Eugene Law, an analyst with Shenyin Wanguo Securities, said sentiment turned cautious after substantial losses in the Tokyo stock market.

43.   While sentiment turned more cautious over recent days, Chan said he does not believe people are particularly negative about the outlook for the local market.

44.   Kitty Chan, associate director of Lippo Securities, said market sentiment turned cautious in the run-up to the US Federal Reserve meeting.

45.   Many dealers believe that the central bank has replenished its reserves and would be able to support the ruble if sentiment turned against it.

46.   Overall market sentiment also turned negative in line with the regional markets amid pessimism over the pace of the US economic recovery.

47.   Polaris Securities analyst Marty Chan said market sentiment turned positive after Tracker Fund units were sold out earlier this week.

48.   Sentiment turned negative in the afternoon, following the Sammi Steel selloff, they said.

49.   The overall sentiment is turning negative, as the government is delaying the announcement about the much-anticipated foreign shareholding limit expansion, they said.