61.   Blue chips fluctuated in and out of positive territory, weakened by selling in basic material stocks and retailing worries.

62.   Bonds moved into positive territory in afternoon trading as investors digested the reports, underpinning equity prices.

63.   Blue chips fluctuated in and out of positive territory as financial, defense and health care stocks gave back some of their gains from Monday.

64.   Blue chips struggled to stay in positive territory after Goldman Sachs cuts its ratings for Ford and General Motors.

65.   Brokers said the index was pushed into positive territory on bargain-hunting in selected stocks.

66.   Brazil posted a trade surplus in the last week of July, a figure that brought its trade balance into positive territory for the first time this year.

67.   Broader indicators also made solid advances after struggling to stay in positive territory in earlier dealings.

68.   Broader stock indicators were mostly lower, but financial stocks pulled the Dow Jones industrials into positive territory.

69.   Broader market indexes also advanced, but struggled more than the Dow to stay in positive territory.

70.   Brokers said selective bargain-hunting in property stocks pushed the market into positive territory.