61.   Wheat prices were pressured by USDA forecasts for lower exports and increasing year-ending stocks.

62.   Wilde said weak domestic demand and high inventories are pressuring prices.

63.   Foreign investors were active sellers of electronics and other blue-chip export issues, which pressured share prices throughout Thursday.

64.   Futures-linked selling pressured prices in thin trading overall, in the absence of foreign investors due to the Easter Holiday break, brokers said.

65.   Futures-led selling emerged in the final hour of trading, pressuring share prices further, and pushing key market indexes to new intra-day lows.

66.   In early trading, share prices were pressured by arbitrage selling and profit-taking following recent advances, brokers said.

67.   A broker said that profit-taking by corporate investors before the end of the fiscal year at the end of March also pressured share prices in early trading.

68.   A strong yen makes Japanese exports less cost-competitive overseas and also pressures domestic prices, which are already weak amid a prolonged period of deflation.

69.   Analysts have warned the economy could spin into a vicious cycle as unemployment rises, dampening consumer spending and pressuring prices.

70.   Another factor pressuring prices in Japan is limited natural resources, such as the amount of land and space versus the number of people.