11.   National Westminster Plc and Unilever Plc led gainers, while water companies pulled the index down.

12.   Rate-sensitive insurer Allianz AG Holding and manufacturer Siemens AG pulled German indexes to nine-month highs.

13.   Shares of drugmaker Roche Holdings and chemicals group Sandoz AG pulled the index higher.

14.   Shares of banks, retailers and oil companies, whose profit margins increase as interest rates fall, pulled share indexes up across Europe.

15.   Union Pacific and Conrail also helped pull the index down.

16.   Among the market heavyweights that pulled the index up despite the higher number of losers were dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone Corp. and power retailer Manila Electric Co.

17.   Falling shares of major exporters pulled the index lower after the dollar fell sharply against the yen overnight.

18.   Besides money supply and stocks, the leading index was pulled down by jobless benefit claims, interest rates and consumer sentiment.

19.   Na said he expected foreign investors, who had played a key role in pulling the index down on profit-taking, to keep selling stocks.

20.   One trader explained that the main issues that had pulled the index up last week, such as Alcatel-Alsthom and Carrefour, were now marking time.