11.   Share prices rose sharply on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Wednesday, pushing the key index to a record high close.

12.   SOARING airline stocks helped the Dow industrials shrug off early turbulence and glide to a record high close for the fifth time in a row yesterday.

13.   The Australian market posted its third consecutive record high close Tuesday, led by a resurgence in investor optimism for the new year.

14.   The Australian bourse surged to a record high close, boosted by large gains in blue-chip stocks.

15.   The Australian share market closed moderately higher, boosted by a record high close on Wall Street Friday.

16.   The poor performances are especially striking given that less than two years ago, all three indexes had reached their all-time high closes.

17.   Tokyo stock prices advanced Thursday following another record high close on Wall Street overnight.

18.   Tokyo stock prices ended higher Thursday following another record high close on Wall Street overnight.

19.   Tokyo stock prices rose in early trading Thursday following another record high close overnight on Wall Street.

20.   Hong Kong share prices rallied to a record high close Wednesday as Tokyo stocks fell and other Asia-Pacific bourses closed mixed.