51.   The negative sentiment was also felt by blue chips, although to a lesser degree.

52.   The peso, meanwhile, closing slightly lower against the dollar, was still weighed down by the generally negative sentiment toward regional currencies, traders said.

53.   The Philippine peso fell sharply against the dollar Friday, bogged down by negative sentiment toward regional currencies caused by a further weakening of the Japanese yen.

54.   The pressure groups, now trying to arouse opposition to the tax increase and negative sentiment against the Chuan team, will find their efforts futile.

55.   The U.S. dollar fell further against the yen by midday Friday on a carryover of negative sentiment from the previous day.

56.   The U.S. dollar was lower against the yen in early trading Friday on a carryover of negative sentiment from the previous day.

57.   They had expected the current weakness in the ringgit together with the negative sentiment caused by the restrictive trading on five broking firms to last longer.

58.   They have not been able to arouse enough negative sentiment against the government.

59.   Two interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve last month helped spur some strong technology gains, but the rally has faltered and negative sentiment set in.

60.   We are still bearish on the KLCI stock index futures, as downside pressure from overbearing negative regional sentiments should continue to dampen KLSE market sentiment.