31.   However, computer stocks, which performed well early, ran into selling pressure as the day progressed.

32.   If you get much more selling pressure, a lot of those technicals would turn negative.

33.   Internet stocks, under heavy selling pressure for the past few sessions, were hammered again Tuesday.

34.   Indeed after the market had closed Thursday another bellwether, Motorola Inc., said it too would not meet quarterly earnings estimates, possibly portending further selling pressure Friday.

35.   Insurance companies also came under severe selling pressure on Monday.

36.   It may sound counterintuitive, but technical analysts say that the strongest rallies begin when most investors have turned very negative and selling pressure has reached a climax.

37.   It was hardly surprising, then, that these stocks rallied so strongly once the selling pressure was lifted.

38.   It was initially planned for May but was then postponed after the drachma came under speculative selling pressure on the heels of the Czech koruna devaluation in May.

39.   Retailing stocks, which have been under selling pressure so far this year, did better.

40.   Selling pressure also buffeted the Treasury bond market, which fell sharply to close unchanged after an early rally.