91.   Traders said investors bid up the price, betting that the additional shares will lead large investors with portfolios that mimic stock indices to add to their Citicorp holdings.

92.   Ueki said investors are bidding up shares of companies they expect will benefit from new measures.

93.   Venezuelan stocks closed little changed, as investors bid up attractively priced shares.

94.   While foreign investors are bidding up bank shares, many domestic institutional investors are waiting to see the details of plan before wagering on banking shares, Shiraishi said.

95.   With the economic expansion in its sixth year, investors bid up shares of tobacco and drug companies, which perform well even in downturns.

96.   With less stock available to buy, investors will bid up what stock there is, Morris-Jones said.

97.   Analysts noted investors were bidding up the stocks of companies which, in many cases, had drastically lowered forecasts because of the weak business environment.

98.   Bargain-hunting investors bid stocks higher Thursday as they digested mixed earnings reports and more warnings that profits will remain weak in the first quarter.

99.   Blue chip shares continued to do well as Japanese and foreign investors bid them higher.

100.   But some analysts say investors bid up the market too high and too soon.