81.  Sellers of the greenback included interbank dealers, who moved to cut their long positions established during the rapid rally by the dollar over the weekend, dealers said.

82.  Singapore rubber futures prices shot up on Thursday on bullish sentiment in Japan which sent traders short-covering as well as opening new long positions, dealers said.

83.  Share prices fell two percent Friday on the Bombay Stock Exchange as traders squared off long positions in the absence of buying support from institutional investors, dealers said.

84.  Some dealers said that liquidation of long positions by Sumitomo, or expectations that such sales would occur, might explain part of this fall in the price.

85.  The dollar was lower against the yen and the mark in late Tokyo trading Monday as investors reduced their dollar long positions following earlier declines, dealers said.

86.  The dollar was lower against the yen and the mark in mid-afternoon Tokyo trading Monday as investors reduced their dollar long positions following earlier declines, dealers said.

87.  The dollar was range-bound amid light profit-taking, with few investors willing to boost long positions, dealers said.

88.  The dollar was slightly lower against the yen here Tuesday on the unwinding of long positions and profit-taking following the rally in New York, dealers said.

89.  The metal was under pressure from some liquidation of long positions in the market.