1.   Construction and building materials companies are likely to see their earnings rise in coming months as the recovery takes hold, analysts said.

2.   Despite the earnings rise, some analysts said revenue gains for Schlumberger and other oil service companies have peaked after more than a year of strong growth.

3.   Even as second-quarter earnings rise, market share remains the critical issue for longer-term profit growth, analysts said.

4.   Increased sales and stronger profits from gasoline sales in Latin America also contributed to the earnings rise.

5.   Lower borrowing costs often help company earnings rise, making equities more attractive than fixed-income securities for many investors.

6.   Sales from custom calling features propelled the earnings rise.

7.   Shares of companies whose earnings rise and fall with moves in interest rates and the economy -- so-called cyclical stocks -- led the declines.

8.   Stocks of brokerage firms may not benefit much from the earnings rise because the bond and stock markets fell this month.

9.   The bank attributed the quarterly earnings rise to higher noninterest revenue and lower operating expense.

10.   The earnings rise comes even though consumption fell in Ohio, where AEP sells much of its electricity.