1.   Its hopes were dashed by the sudden tumble of once-fashionable drug shares.

2.   Other drug shares have also fallen, so the Footsie Index is giving a misleading impression as to the underlying strength of the market.

3.   Banking, computer and drug shares gained, while cyclical capital goods lost ground.

4.   A slide in drug shares kept the advance in check.

5.   Drug shares advanced amid speculation that the pace of mergers will pick up.

6.   Drug shares advanced on speculation that mergers will pick up.

7.   Drug shares fell after Amgen Inc. said that changes in Medicare rules will slow the sales growth of one of its best-selling drugs, kidney-disease treatment Epogen.

8.   Drug shares gained after Pan Stanley boosted his investment recomCo.

9.   Drug shares have found themselves the focus of investor attention recently in the wake of international takeover and merger activity.

10.   Drug shares helped fuel the gain.