1.   It also observed that even the badly battered industrial sector was showing signs of recovery.

2.   Despite a hint of difficult quarters ahead from Cisco Systems, buyers bid technology stocks up on expectations the battered sector would benefit from an interest rate cut.

3.   For the moment, though, investors appeared to set those concerns aside to scoop up stocks in the battered sector.

4.   Investors bet that the battered sector would trigger a new bull market.

5.   Investors bet that the battered sector would trigger the start of a new bull market.

6.   It outlines a program for privatization of state enterprises and for accelerated restructuring of the battered banking sector.

7.   Technology buying lifted the overall stock market Thursday as investor confidence in the badly battered sector seemed to be growing.

8.   Technology buying boosted the overall stock market Thursday as investor confidence in the badly battered sector seemed to be growing.

9.   Technology buying boosted the overall stock market Thursday as investor confidence in the battered sector seemed to be growing.

10.   Technology claimed most of the gains, an encouraging sign to investors looking for the battered sector to lead the market higher.