101.   Small-lot buying by public pension funds in the early afternoon also helped push up the index, they said.

102.   Small-lot buying by public pension funds in the early afternoon also helped push up the index.

103.   Stocks started higher on buying by public pension funds.

104.   The downward pressure from that selling is likely to more than offset expected buying from public pension fund money.

105.   The drop in prices could also be bad news to those on public pensions, which are tied to consumer prices.

106.   The ministry does not comment on public pension trading.

107.   The sudden rally may have been triggered by an injection of public pension fund money, they speculated.

108.   Those better buys might come as bad news to those on public pensions, which are tied to consumer prices.

109.   Tokyo share prices rose Monday on buying by public pension funds, traders said.

110.   Tokyo share prices rose Monday on buying from public pension funds, traders said.