1.   Harvest-related selling also pressured wheat futures.

2.   The market was pressured by selling of intermediate-maturity securities by large hedge funds, traders said.

3.   Wheat futures were pressured by selling by commercial firms and investors in commodity funds amid slow exports.

4.   Brokers said the stock was pressured by selling on worries about the impact of expected penalties from alleged illegal trading on future earnings.

5.   Tokyo share prices were partly pressured by selling of bank issues by foreign securities houses, he said.

6.   Profit-taking and futures-linked selling pressured share prices throughout the day in the absence of active buying in the cash market, brokers said.

7.   Share prices were also pressured by selling in the futures contract throughout the day, as investors hedged cash positions, brokers said.

8.   The market was also pressured by selling by local institutional investors returning from New Year holidays, brokers said.

9.   The market was pressured by selling in the high-technology and electricals sectors, with sentiment dampened by declines in these sectors on Wall Street, brokers said.