101.   Cautious investors bid stocks tentatively higher Friday, as an earnings warning from Circuit City reminded them that business remains tough.

102.   Encouraged that an economic recovery was at hand, investors bid stocks higher.

103.   Encouraged that an economic recovery was at hand, investors bid shares up.

104.   In currencies, investors bid up the greenback on expectations that Japanese financial authorities were content to see the yen fall.

105.   In currency dealings, traders said some foreign investors bid up the greenback against the yen in an attempt to cover losses in U.S. stocks by selling Japanese shares.

106.   Investors also bid Avon higher after the cosmetics retailer confirmed its second-quarter and yearly outlook, citing rising sales.

107.   Investors also bid higher Avon after the cosmetics retailer confirmed its second-quarter and yearly outlook due to increasing sales growth here and overseas.

108.   Investors also bid stocks lower on the fear that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates for a third time this year in its quest to contain inflation.

109.   Investors also bid up battered tech stocks and major industrial shares, both sectors that stand to benefit as the economy improves.

110.   Investors bid stocks higher after Greenspan told Congress he sees increasing signs that the recession is coming to an end.