11.   Oil stocks are considered undervalued after lagging the market in recent weeks, analysts said.

12.   One retailer that has lagged the market this year, Woolworth Corp., will be removed from the Dow industrials on Monday.

13.   Retail stocks, which have lagged the market for months, also were strong yesterday.

14.   Silicon Graphics has lagged the market recently as the Internet has exploded and companies like Sun Microsystems have raced ahead.

15.   Slitt said airlines use the Internet to promote travel to lagging markets.

16.   Stocks targeted for rises are those that have lagged the market, said Gorot, citing Pathe, the media holding company.

17.   Such gloomy forecasts have meant retail stocks quoted on the Brussels bourse have lagged the market as a whole.

18.   Thailand has been an underperformer during the past six months, lagging other markets in the region as fears of high inflation and overheating have spooked investors.

19.   The big manufacturing companies in the Dow average lagged the market this year.

20.   The chip group lagged the market during the past two days.