11.   Analysts had expected investors to lock in profits, given how strongly the market has rallied since late September.

12.   Analysts say it is normal for some selling to follow an advance as investors lock in their gains.

13.   But investors later locked in profits on recent gains by the Nikkei.

14.   Investors locked in profits from blue chips for a second straight session Thursday, selling on concerns about rising interest rates.

15.   Investors were also locking in their gains ahead of the weekend.

16.   Japanese investors locked in profits by buying the yen following its decline against several European currencies last week, traders said.

17.   On the stock market, the Nikkei moved lower after investors locked in profits following recent gains.

18.   On the stock market, foreign investors continued to buy Japanese stocks, while domestic institutional investors locked in profits and unwounded some cross-shareholdings, traders said.

19.   Stocks opened slightly lower Tuesday as investors locked in some profits amid thin trading.

20.   Tech stocks traded slightly lower as investors locked in profits from rallies in the Nasdaq, which had ended higher in the previous three sessions.