1.   And a late rally among technology shares, so beaten down in recent trading sessions, pushed the Nasdaq composite index into positive territory.

2.   ATLANTA - An afternoon rally lifted major stock market indexes Monday, but not before the Nasdaq composite index traded briefly at a new bear market low.

3.   BACK-TO-BACK NASDAQ IMPROVEMENT For the first time since September, the Nasdaq composite index finished its second consecutive winning week.

4.   Bargain Hunters Lift the Nasdaq The lure of cheaper technology stocks lifted the Nasdaq composite index but punished the Dow Jones industrial average.

5.   Bargain hunting in technology stocks lifted the Nasdaq composite index to its third gain in four sessions after seven consecutive declines.

6.   Auto executives and dealers blame the slowdown on fairly high interest rates and the steep descent of the Nasdaq composite stock index.

7.   Bellwether technology stocks such as Oracle and Cisco Systems paced the rally and gave the tech-loaded Nasdaq composite index its first gain in four sessions.

8.   Big declines in Internet stocks like Yahoo! and Amazon.com pulled the composite index lower.

9.   A brighter earnings outlook for several leading technology companies propelled the technology-laden Nasdaq composite index to its fourth consecutive new high Monday.

10.   A late rebound in Internet stocks helped to limit the decline in the NASDAQ composite index.