31.   Domestic concerns also dragged stock prices lower, particularly a deadlock in Parliament over a bailout plan for failed housing loan companies.

32.   Heavy rains in South America sent soybean futures plummeting Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade in a heavy selloff that also dragged grain prices lower.

33.   In Hong Kong, share prices were dragged down by a drop in New York stocks and by China-Taiwan tensions.

34.   In Hong Kong, share prices were dragged lower by losses in property companies and phone giant China Mobile.

35.   Investors remained pessimistic Thursday about liquidity problems in the financial sector, dragging down prices again on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.

36.   Losses in the technology and telecommunications sectors dragged share prices lower on European stock exchanges Thursday.

37.   Nikkei index futures started out lower, triggering arbitrage selling and dragging down prices in the cash market, dealers said.

38.   Profit-taking dragged share prices in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and South Korea slightly lower.

39.   The drop in soybeans also helped drag corn prices slightly lower.

40.   The falling baht dragged stock prices down with it.