1.   And world financial markets may be pressured by the unfolding Asian financial crisis.

2.   A depressed export market pressured wheat markets.

3.   Early reports of a healthy start to the pivotal Christmas retail shopping season pressured the market because they were consistent with a moderate upward trend in consumer spending.

4.   Halford said the markets were pressured by concern about the bankruptcy filing by Orange County, Calif.

5.   Profit-taking after the recent runup also pressured the markets, he said.

6.   The adoption of sixteenths comes as regulators and lawmakers pressure the markets to narrow spreads and make trading less expensive.

7.   The market was pressured by selling of intermediate-maturity securities by large hedge funds, traders said.

8.   The market was pressured by a stronger-than-expected existing home sales numbers and trade-talk worries, said Jim Greenwood, a Value Line trader.

9.   The market was pressured partly by the continuing budget impasse and lower bonds, said Jim Greenwood, a Kansas City trader.

10.   A storm system expected to bring substantial precipitation to wheat-growing regions in the central and south-central United States pressured the market.