71.   In the broader market, U.S. stocks were mixed, as a late-day decline in tobacco stocks pared record gains.

72.   Interest-sensitive issues, such as banks, pared earlier gains to also weigh the market amid higher bond yields.

73.   Investors had expected a small cut in the rate, and the news pared gains in bonds.

74.   It has also pared gains against the Italian lira and other European currencies.

75.   It pared gains, restrained by mark strength against the yen.

76.   It soon pared the gains because of concern Japanese exporters will sell dollars for yen to bring profits home, traders said.

77.   It then pared earlier gains with other European markets, as remarks by a Bundesbank official provoked renewed concern about the viability of the planned common European currency.

78.   Japanese bonds pared gains after Bank of Japan Gov. Yasuo Matsushita hinted the central bank may take early steps to raise interest rates.

79.   Japanese bonds pared gains to trade little changed as stocks recovered from early losses, allaying concern over the economic outlook.

80.   Japanese bonds were little changed, paring early gains after a governing party official suggested a permanent income tax cut.