31.   Luxury goods maker LVMH and carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen led the drop.

32.   Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. led a drop in banks on concern high interest rates will raise their own cost of funds and trigger more loan defaults.

33.   Microsoft Corp., Amgen Inc. and Intel Corp. led the drop.

34.   Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Peco Energy Co. and Unicom Corp. led the drop.

35.   Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., the former government monopoly that dominates telecommunications in Japan, led the drop.

36.   Property developers led the drop.

37.   Philip Morris Cos. led the drop.

38.   Shares in cyclical companies, or businesses whose profits fall and rise in line with economic movements, led the drop.

39.   Shares of Coca-Cola Co. could lead the drop.

40.   Shares of United Technologies Corp., Caterpillar Inc. and General Electric Co. led the drop.