31.   Some domestic institutions bid down steel shares as a result of reluctance to risk paper profit gains on their share holdings.

32.   Some investors bid down stocks on persistent concern that profit growth in corporate Japan is slowing.

33.   Some investors bid down stocks on worries that a reported comment from Finance Minister Wataru Kubo may foreshadow higher interest rates, traders said.

34.   Some domestic institutions bid down steel shares as a result of reluctance to risk paper profit gains if the economic growth remains sluggish in the new year.

35.   South Korean stocks fell as investors bid down Chung San Co. and other small, domestic companies investigated by prosecutors for possible stock price manipulation.

36.   Stock traders, however, bid down equity prices slightly on the theory that he would oppose such a cut.

37.   That could be a struggle as investors bid down shares amid concern about the growing numbers of companies that have earnings forecasts.

38.   That sentiment spread to Chile, leading many small investors to join foreign holders to bid down shares of companies with American Depositary Receipts.

39.   The central bank is expected to keep hopes for cuts in key rates alive by allowing banks to bid down the chief money market rate, or repurchase rate.

40.   This happens because investors bid down the prices of seasoned bonds in favor of new issues sporting higher interest rates.