1.   Automakers were among the biggest gainers, buoyed by hope strong sales overseas and a higher dollar will buoy profit growth.

2.   A strengthening Canadian dollar also buoyed investor interest in Canadian equities.

3.   A strengthening Canadian dollar also buoyed that optimism.

4.   Neff said the weaker dollar also is buoying shares of Hewlett-Packard Co., which will report fiscal second-quarter results after the close of U.S. trading Thursday.

5.   To be sure, a surging dollar buoyed Treasuries, even as yields decline, investors said.

6.   To be sure, a surging dollar buoyed Treasuries, even as yields rose, investors said.

7.   To be sure, a surging dollar is buoying U.S. Treasuries, even as yields decline, investors said.