71.   A broker said expectations were also growing on the market that US funds were shifting back to Japanese equities.

72.   A decision by Morgan Stanley to upgrade its recommendation on Japanese equities to market weight from underweight underscored continued gradual inflows of foreign investment, dealers said.

73.   Citicorp of the United States said Tuesday it would withdraw from trading Japanese equities and surrender its membership of the stock exchanges in Tokyo and Osaka.

74.   Foreign investors were net sellers of Japanese equities in November and bought fewer bonds during the month, the finance ministry said Monday.

75.   The move was widely expected and caused little excitement on Japanese equity and foreign exchange markets, dealers said.

76.   The reported move follows a string of withdrawals from the Japanese equity markets, lashed by a falling stock market and tumbling economy.

77.   Yasuda Trust and Banking foreign exchange assistant manager Takashi Fujieda said, however, people were more focussed on the performance of the Japanese equity market.

78.   It is the first project of its kind in the Sultanate but another is planned with Japanese equity.

79.   Japanese equity and foreign exchange markets were little moved by an announcement Thursday afternoon by the Bank of Japan that it would further easing monetary policy, dealers said.

80.   Japanese equity funds, which had registered net redemptions since November, managed to break the trend and registered a net intake in February.