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

92.   Within France, increased competition pressured prices and resulted in a five-percent decrease in sales, the group said.

93.   Oil prices had been pressured earlier in the week after OPEC officials indicated the cartel could hike output in the event of disruption to Iraqi exports.

94.   Prices closed lower on renewed futures-led selling with the low trading volume in the physical market pressuring prices near the close, brokers said.

95.   Prices were pressured by profit-taking and futures-led selling throughout the day in generally thin trading ahead of the weekend, brokers said.

96.   Prices were pressured by active selling which emerged from the outset due to sharp declines on Wall Street overnight, brokers said.

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

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

99.   Sassoon Securities Tokyo manager Masao Miwa said share prices might be pressured toward the year-end holiday period.

100.   Selling by institutional investors in the physical market prompted dealers to sell the futures, which, in turn, pressured share prices further, the broker said.