61.  Brokers said some retail investors, dealers and speculators continued to sell sizeable long positions in construction issues in a continuation of the downturn seen in late trading Tuesday.

62.  Brokers said they saw few reasons to sell stocks aggressively for the time being but few investors appeared willing to commit to significant long positions.

63.  Brokers said share prices had weakened due to continued futures-linked selling by foreign investors liquidating long positions.

64.  But they fell back later as arbitragers unwound long positions against futures contracts, brokers said.

65.  Dealers also said Hong Kong investors were actively selling the Australian dollar against the yen to cut long positions.

66.  Dealers said players refrained from holding long positions on the dollar ahead of an announcement of US trade figures.

67.  Dealers, discouraged by foreign selling, unloaded their long positions on the final trading day for the February account, which left the cash market with limited buyers.

68.  Foreign investors were adjusting long positions ahead of the weekend, dealers said, which also capped dollar buying interest.

69.  They added that US investors were basically out of the market, except for light selling as they sought to trim long positions ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

70.  Traders would keep on selling and liquidating long positions throughout the afternoon, he said.