21.   Interest-rate hopes fueled gains in two- to five-year notes, whose value is more sensitive to rate movements.

22.   Many European-stock fund managers are overweighted in the financial stocks that have fueled market gains.

23.   Meanwhile, easing concern about inflation helped to fuel gains in stocks, as well as lift bonds.

24.   Mounting expectation that the Fed may raise its lending rates by early next year could also fuel dollar gains.

25.   Orders from foreign mutual funds, in particular, fueled the gains in shares of big Japanese exporters, said Higashida.

26.   Positive sentiment about record industrial growth and a vibrant economy fueled gains.

27.   Rallies in the U.S. stock and bond markets helped fuel the gains.

28.   Rising China shares, sparked by the introduction of the new Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index, fueled gains in the entire market.

29.   Rising copper prices in New York Mercantile Exchange trading fueled the gain.

30.   Semiconductor shares will probably fuel gains today after rising in Europe, traders said.