31.   Weak export sales for soy products pressured the market.

32.   Wheat was helped higher by corn and soybeans, but the imminent harvest and prospects for excellent yields from the winter wheat crop pressured the market.

33.   Growing concerns over earnings by US companies also pressured the market, they added.

34.   In Tokyo, the overall market was pressured by futures-led selling together with foreign and retail investor sales, brokers said.

35.   A rise in the yen against the dollar also pressured the market, triggering modest selling among major exporters such as automakers, dealers said.

36.   Active foreign buying continued but local institutional investors took quick profits and pressured the market, brokers said.

37.   An overnight drop on Wall Street also pressured the market.

38.   Brokers said selling by dealers and foreign investors continued to pressure the market, with other investors following suit.

39.   Cautious sentiment pressured the market ahead of the release of major economic indicators, including closely-watched industrial production data due later in the week, dealers said.

40.   Dealers said continuing political uncertainty also pressured the market.