51. Those gains helped push stock prices higher in much of Europe, and later in the United States. 52. U.S. stocks rebounded, helped by gains in bonds after a report that the economy continues to grow with little inflation. 53. U.K. stocks recovered from early losses, helped by gains in the U.S. 54. Productivity gains helped keep prices down last year. 55. Big gains on Wall Street helped to offset some early weakness in the dollar against the Japanese yen. 56. By midday, scattered gains were helping pull the Dow toward positive territory. 57. IBM is a Dow component and its gains helped push the index slightly higher. 58. Mexican stocks closed higher Friday on moderate volume, helped by gains in U.S. markets and attractive valuations of local stocks. 59. Still, the market appeared to be helped by gains in the U.S. 60. The Hang Seng index was up in late afternoon trade and brokers said the gains helped improve market sentiment in Shanghai. |