The move also came amid substantial concern here and overseas over the state of the Japanese financial system.
Dealers said the dollar came under pressure overseas after news services carried a report on an article in a Japanese newspaper.
Testimony before the committee this week has made clear that the collateral actually came from the parent concern overseas.
Government securities ended mixed, after the dollar came under pressure overseas.
Nearly 80 percent of Coke's profits now come from its business overseas.
Most of the company's growth has come from an increase in billings overseas.
Growth in unit sales slowed to 22 percent, with the biggest gains coming overseas.
But the most specific reports suggested that the strike would come overseas.
Law enforcement officials said information that prompted the response came from a person overseas.
Much of the most profitable business for American securities firms came overseas.