1.   A weaker franc can benefit Swiss companies because they get more francs in exchange for revenue generated overseas.

2.   The franc has benefitted in part from the strength of the dollar against the mark.

3.   The Swiss franc also benefited from the speculation, because the currency is treated as a safe haven in times of international turmoil.

4.   He said that the franc was benefiting mainly from comparative strength of the French bond market.

5.   In Paris, Christian Dargnat, analyst at BFCE, said that the French franc was benefiting from the comparatively better economic climate in France compared with Germany.

6.   In Paris an economist at a private French bank said that the franc was benefiting from a normal technical correction from its fall on Monday.

7.   Among European currencies, the French franc benefitted particularly from the euphoria, gaining added impetus from an interest rate cut in Paris.

8.   Despite falling against the mark, the French franc benefitted from a surplus on the French trade balance, the London analyst said.

9.   London analysts said the franc did not benefit in the morning from a dip in French unemployment.

10.   The franc greatly benefited in the afternoon from substantial buying by US investment funds.