1.   Also keeping the dollar from extending its gains was expected selling of the U.S. currency by Japanese exporters for yen to bring profit home, traders said.

2.   Bank stocks led the rally, extending gains from last week.

3.   Bank stocks, the so-called interest rate sensitive issues, may extend their gains.

4.   Banks extended early gains.

5.   Banks extended their gains from yesterday, when a British wholesale report showed inflation remains subdued.

6.   Bonds extended gains in mid-afternoon trading as the dollar dropped further against the yen, pulling down stocks, said a trader at Taiheiyo Securities Co.

7.   A jump in U.S. stocks helped British shares extend earlier gains.

8.   A stronger U.S. dollar helped Treasuries extend their gains.

9.   After posting their biggest rally in more than two weeks on Friday, U.S. stocks could extend those gains today, traders said.

10.   British drug stocks extended recent gains.