71.   Gains in drug, beverage and electrical equipment shares partially offset the losses.

72.   Gains in International Business Machines Corp. and Philip Morris Cos. offset losses in United Technologies Corp. and AlliedSignal Inc.

73.   Gains in telephone equipment makers like Lucent Technologies and Nortel Networks offset losses in higher-priced technology names.

74.   Gains in shares of technology companies helped to offset the losses among the so-called cyclical companies.

75.   Ford Motor Co. said its fourth-quarter profit tripled, as strong earnings from trucks in North America helped offset continuing losses in its international automotive business.

76.   Former state-owned national monopolies are transforming themselves into competitive global enterprises to offset loss of revenues at home as regulators pull down barriers to competition.

77.   Gains by major exporters offset losses by banks amid concern about cuts in earnings forecasts and expanding bad loans.

78.   Gains in banks, electricity, brewers and tobacco stocks offset losses in drug, foodmakers and insurance stocks.

79.   Gains in drug, beverage and electrical equipment partially offset the losses.

80.   Gains in semiconductor, software and computer issues offset losses in telephone, oil, retail and banking issues.