1.   Gucci Group shares tripled from their IPO last October to an all-time high today after the company said first-quarter sales more than doubled.

2.   Maruyama and Mizuhiko Hashimoto, assistant manager for foreign exchange at Credit Commercial de France, said they expect the dollar to extend gains to a new high today.

3.   Pacing the advance were economically sensitive shares such as aerospace and auto parts company United Technologies Inc. and chemical producer DuPont Co., which reached an all-time high today.

4.   Pacing the advance were economically sensitive shares such as chemical maker DuPont Co., at an all-time high today, and computer maker International Business Machines Corp.

5.   Puget Sound stocks rose to an all-time high today, bolstered by gains in the shares of insurer Safeco Corp. and a rise in national stock markets.

6.   Stocks of Silicon Valley companies rose to an all-time closing high today, led by shares of Silicon Graphics Inc. and Maxim Integrated Products Inc.

7.   He was on a high today.