41.   Depfa also said it wants to establish a pfandbrief benchmark index.

42.   DUTCH The Dutch benchmark index rose to a record as a soaring dollar boosted exporters like Philips Electronics NV and financial-services stocks.

43.   DUTCH stocks rose as gains from Philips Electronics NV and Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. helped lift the benchmark index to its fourth consecutive record.

44.   European stocks rose, with the British benchmark index reaching a record led by exporters helped by a stronger dollar.

45.   Eregli has a heavy weighting in the benchmark index.

46.   European stocks rose, with the British, Swiss, Spanish and Italian benchmark indexes reaching records, led by exporters helped by a stronger dollar.

47.   European stocks tumbled, tracking a fall in the U.S., where concern about corporate profits sent the benchmark index to its fourth-largest point decline ever.

48.   European stocks rose, with British, Swiss, Spanish and Italian benchmark indexes reaching records, as exporters were helped by a stronger dollar.

49.   For mutual fund managers, beating the returns of benchmark stock market indexes has been no easy task this year.

50.   For the week, the Maryland index tracked the performance of the benchmark indexes.