51.   Falling interest rates often boost shares of banks and brokerage firms because it lowers their borrowing costs.

52.   Falling interest rates boosted bank shares such as Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd.

53.   Expectations of a cut boosted shares in State Bank of India, traders said.

54.   Financial stocks were most those hardest hit, as their shares had been boosted by hopes for lower interest rates.

55.   Forecasts of strong earnings growth at International Business Machines Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. boosted computer shares.

56.   French government officials yesterday said Air France is trying to boost its share to help it recover financially.

57.   FRENCH stocks are seen gaining in coming days as a rising U.S. dollar boosts shares of exporters like LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA.

58.   GAO said it already sees evidence that some manufacturers are using their benefit management subsidiaries to boost market share for their drugs.

59.   German bank shares were also boosted by the rate cut hopes.

60.   German shares rose, following gains in the U.S., Japan and Hong Kong, as the dollar gained against the mark to boost export shares.