21.   Will foreign fund managers further liquidate their holdings on these companies?

22.   In Chicago, wheat prices plunged on Thursday, prompted by a slowdown in US sales because of high current prices, which encouraged speculators to liquidate their holdings.

23.   Investors continued to liquidate holdings in multinational companies as the dollar strengthened.

24.   Blue chip stocks dropped Thursday, marking their first true downward correction since the beginning of the year, as investors liquidated holdings on the eve monthly options expiring.

25.   Brokers said share prices were pressured as investors liquidated holdings ahead of the special quotation day.

26.   Coffee prices at first dived as speculators rushed to liquidate their holdings after weather forecasts of crop-ravaging frosts in Brazil turned out to be unfounded.

27.   Sales by the Ivory Coast and speculators liquidating their holdings continued to weigh on the market, according to analysts, despite expectations of a worldwide production deficit.

28.   Speculators apparently decided to liquidate their holdings, weary of waiting for an eventual upturn in precious metal prices.