1.   And indeed throughout Italy, long lines formed in recent weeks in banks and at postal savings windows as Italians reshuffled their portfolios.

2.   That suggests that some investors are reshuffling their portfolios to include more foreign stocks after the best year in the U.S. stock market in two decades.

3.   That, in turn, is leading some investment managers to reshuffle their portfolios.

4.   Existing portfolios may be reshuffled to accommodate specializations of incoming officials, which is general practice when a deputy governor is appointed, she said.

5.   Foreign investors also took a wait-and-see stance, while lightly reshuffling their portfolios, brokers said.

6.   Another broker, who asked not to be named, said exporting companies were favored as traders reshuffled their portfolios to minimize the effects of devaluation.

7.   Corporate and institutional investors especially turned active buyers on declines, partly reflecting a move to reshuffle their portfolios, the broker said.