61.   Leading exporters gained after the yen fell to a near six-year low against the dollar.

62.   Lion Nathan Ltd. gained after the company said it increased its share of the Australian beer market and Macraes Mining Ltd. fell after the price of gold declined.

63.   Makers of cholesterol-lowering drugs, including Bristol-Myers and Merck, gained after the American Heart Association said more heart patients should take the drugs.

64.   Mobil Corp. may gain after saying it sees larger-than-expected savings from a joint venture with British Petroleum Co.

65.   Microsoft Corp. and Chrysler Corp. gained after logging better-than-expected earnings, offsetting a slide in Boeing Co. shares.

66.   Microsoft Corp. and other software publishers gained after reporting better-than-expected earnings, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell.

67.   Minneapolis-based Rottlund and other companies gained after the U.S. consumer price index showed inflation is running at about the same pace as last year.

68.   Most junk bonds gained after Federal Reserve officials left the target for bank lending rates unchanged.

69.   New York metro area stocks rose, as Colgate-Palmolive Co. shares gained after the drugmaker said fourth-quarter earnings fell by less than expected.

70.   Noranda gained after it said it plans to shed its forestry and energy businesses to focus on mining.