51.   Other Asian markets were also sharply lower on Thursday morning.

52.   Other stocks were mixed, with resource stocks generally lower on the day.

53.   Prices are lower on some items for a variety of reasons.

54.   Prices of Treasury securities were slightly lower on Thursday in moderate trading, in advance of the important monthly employment report due on Friday.

55.   Prices are somewhat lower on the mesas.

56.   Real estate shares also led the first section lower on more bad news about demand for new homes, said Shimokawa of New Japan Securities.

57.   Samsung Electronics Co. and other companies with heavy dollar-denominated debts pulled the index lower on concern a fall in the Korean currency will squeeze profits.

58.   Sampoerna has U.S. dollar debts, tobacco stocks are being pushed lower on concern the government will squeeze the industry with taxes in times of budgetary need.

59.   Semiconductor stocks were lower on concerns that consumer purchases of computers would be curbed during the Christmas season.

60.   Share prices were lower on major overseas markets.