71.   Reality was obscured by feverish and uncontrollable share market activity.

72.   As a precaution Friday, the Tokyo Stock Exchange also said that price fluctuation ranges would be restricted to half the ordinary amount to keep market activity under control.

73.   Bond prices retreated slightly Friday in very quiet trading, with little new information to spur market activity.

74.   But the bank, the arm of the U.S. central bank that conducts market activities, did not disclose the size of its intervention.

75.   But there was no market activity Friday because of a national holiday.

76.   Dealers described market activity as thin and quiet and said the dollar was trading in a tight range prior to the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays.

77.   Earnings reports from a wide range of companies are expected to drive market activity this week.

78.   Earnings reports once again drove market activity.

79.   Exchange officials have promised to be responsive to concerns raised by the institutional investors and to monitor market activity.

80.   Friday was the first of market activity since the announcement on the new international loans.