21.   Declining nickel and zinc producers may temper the advance.

22.   Gold issues tempered the advance.

23.   Health-care stocks were among the biggest laggards and tempered the advance in share prices.

24.   Interest-sensitive issues like banks tempered the advance.

25.   Losses in Intel Corp. and other semiconductor shares tempered the advance.

26.   Losses in technology shares tempered the advance.

27.   Metal issues tempered the advance.

28.   Oil and gas issues tempered the advance.

29.   Oil, gas and gold stocks may temper the advance as commodity prices decline.

30.   Retail, oil and gold issues tempered the advance.