91.   Technical factors also helped push the Nikkei Stock Average higher as arbitrage players bought stocks to cover short positions, market participants said.

92.   Technical factors that can make prices fluctuate in the best of times also affected the activity.

93.   The dollar was weaker against the Japanese yen and the Deutsche mark, largely on technical factors.

94.   The decline was attributed to a combination of technical factors and the ongoing sluggishness of the export market.

95.   The dollar edged slightly higher on technical factors, despite remarks from Japanese Economic Planning Agency Chief Taichi Sakaiya that appeared to support the yen.

96.   The Malaysians were detained without trial due to technical factors or lack of witnesses to testify, he said.

97.   The slight rise in corn futures was largely due to technical factors.

98.   They also said technical factors were likely influencing trading.

99.   Trading was subdued in Tokyo and driven mainly by technical factors, dealers said.

100.   Wall Street was contending with political and economic uncertainty, and also technical factors that can make trading turbulent in the best of times.