21.   Meanwhile, the euro suffered an overnight drop after Russian President Boris Yeltsin dismissed his prime minister Yevgeny Primakov.

22.   Most Asian markets fell Thursday on an overnight drop on Wall Street that was prompted by a deteriorating corporate earnings outlook in the United States.

23.   On the stock market, prices were lower as the overnight drop on Wall Street discouraged buyers.

24.   On the stock market, prices were lower as the overnight drop on Wall Street discouraged buying interest, traders said.

25.   On the stock market, prices were lower with selling spurred by the overnight drop in U.S. stocks.

26.   On the stock market, share prices started lower on selling by institutional investors following an overnight drop on Wall Street.

27.   On the stock market, prices started lower on profit-taking following recent sharp gains and an overnight drop on Wall Street.

28.   On the stock market, prices were also pushed down by profit-taking following their recent sharp gains and the overnight drop in New York.

29.   On the stock market, share prices started sharply lower following an overnight drop on Wall Street.

30.   On the stock market, share prices were slightly lower at midday Friday on higher U.S. bond yields and an overnight drop on Wall Street.