41.   Shares of the maker of auto and truck parts and appliance electronics fell along with other stocks sensitive to the health of the economy.

42.   Simmons had sold most economically sensitive stocks because he feared that economic growth was slowing.

43.   Shares of financially sensitive stocks tend to rise as interest rates fall because lower interest rates mean wider profit margins.

44.   Some interest-rate sensitive stocks dropped.

45.   Still, interest-rate sensitive stocks, like automakers, gained after the Federal Reserve lowered rates.

46.   Stocks sensitive to interest rates are expected to bear the brunt of the rate increase, as rates pinch disposable income and hamper corporate expansion, investors said.

47.   SWEDISH stocks were seen tracking developments in U.S. markets, with stocks sensitive to the economic cycle gaining amid expectations the economy in Sweden and Europe will pick up.

48.   That hurt stocks most sensitive to economic growth and boosted defensive shares of consumer-product companies, whose earnings are steady even when the economy slows.

49.   Swedish financial markets posted the best performance in Europe as investors snapped up government bonds and interest-rate sensitive stocks.

50.   Texas stocks fell for the first time this week as indications of economic strength hurt interest-rate sensitive stocks including NCI Building Systems Inc. and First USA Inc.