11.   Benchmark stocks shed early delcines, led by property shares and HSBC, parent of Hongkong Bank.

12.   Brazilian stocks rose as analysts boosted their earnings forecasts for the benchmark stock Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras SA, or Telebras.

13.   All benchmark stocks fell.

14.   Conglomerate Copec SA, power generator Chilgener SA and other big companies led the decline, as investors bet that benchmark stocks would lose the most.

15.   Earlier, Cathay posted the biggest gain among benchmark stocks for a third day ahead of the release of its earnings.

16.   First Pacific Co., which has property, banking and telecommunications businesses, posted the biggest decline among benchmark stocks.

17.   French benchmark stocks closed at a record high as dollar-fed gains by exporters such as Valeo SA offset falling bonds.

18.   French benchmark stocks closed at a record high as investors turned their attention to construction stocks after a series of better-than-expected sales reports.

19.   French benchmark stocks closed at their highest in seven weeks, led by bank stocks amid expectations of mergers and acquisitions in the industry.

20.   FRENCH benchmark stocks recovered from early lows to close little changed as investors bought retail stocks likely to benefit from a revival in consumption.