1.   Among them, Minnesota Mining and General Motors led the index higher.

2.   Banco de Colombia and Banco de Bogota led the index higher.

3.   Bank shares may help lead the index higher, as well, because of falling yields, analysts said.

4.   Barclays Plc, HSBC Holdings Plc, Abbey National Plc and Lloyds Bank Plc led share indexes higher.

5.   Banco Ganadero led the index higher.

6.   Banks, food makers and chemical makers led stock indexes higher.

7.   Brown Inc., Legg Mason Inc. and other rate-sensitive financial stocks lead the index lower.

8.   Canton, Ohio-based Diebold helped lead the index.

9.   Cia. de Minas Buenaventura SA and Volcan Cia. Minera SA led the indices higher.

10.   Cisco Systems Inc., Amgen Inc. and Intel Corp. led the index higher.