61.   Unsure of where the economy is headed, investors held off on big stock purchases Monday, leaving many blue chip and technology stocks virtually unchanged.

62.   Grain futures rose sharply Tuesday on the Chicago futures market in active trading amid rumors that foreign buyers were looking to make big purchases.

63.   But Iraqis still hesitated to make big purchases while waiting for another fall in prices, residents said.

64.   But the trader also pointed to big purchases by chocolate manufacturers, in particular from Germany.

65.   Nonresidents poured a huge sum into Japanese stocks last year only to see weak performances, and they have not made big purchases this year, Takahashi said.