71.   Market participants were expecting the Bank of Korea to keep the call rate unchanged, providing stability to overall sentiment, he said.

72.   Overall sentiment improved thanks to a slight upturn in German business confidence, as signalled by the Munich-based Ifo institute.

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

74.   Overall sentiment was weak because of subdued trading in speculative issues, which have been strong in recent trading on active retail investor buying, brokers said.

75.   Overall sentiment was subdued amid concern that the economy would continue to grow slowly through next year, they said.

76.   Some dealers cited growing rumours of an emerging scam involving top brokers and banks had dampened the overall sentiment.

77.   Share prices suffered a modest setback on post-holiday trading Tuesday, as overall market sentiment worsened with major issues sold by foreign investors, brokers said.

78.   The dollar was firmer against the yen and the mark in afternoon trading here with overall sentiment towards the US unit seen remaining positive, dealers said.

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