11.   A report that labor costs in the U.S. remain under control helped temper the decline in Canadian and U.S. bond prices, traders said.

12.   Advancing bank may should temper the decline.

13.   Advancing bank stocks may help temper the decline.

14.   Advancing gold issues like Barrick Gold Corp. and Placer Dome Inc. may temper the decline.

15.   Advancing gold producers tempered the decline.

16.   Advancing oil, gas and merchandising stocks tempered the decline.

17.   But the decline was tempered by a move by the Federal Reserve to inject money into the banking system.

18.   Canadian stocks fell for a second day, led by bank and telecommunication issues such as Newbridge Networks Corp. Shares of gold and oil producers tempered the decline.

19.   Canadian stocks fell, driven lower by gold issues like Barrick Gold Corp. and Euro-Nevada Mining Corp. Advancing industrial-products issues tempered declines.

20.   Canadian stocks fell, led by gold, oil and telecommunications-equipment makers like Northern Telecom Ltd. Banks and utilities helped temper declines.