1.   Export oriented stocks were lifted by the weakening yen.

2.   Although the employment report initially lifted stocks, a slowing economy is sure to affect the outlook for fourth-quarter corporate profits.

3.   Analysts and brokers said investor speculation on a Bank of Italy interest rate cut in the next few days also helped to lift stocks.

4.   And some analysts think federal action to reduce payments for skilled nursing care and related contract rehabilitation services would lift these stocks from under a cloud.

5.   And that means whatever lift stocks might have gotten from that will be lost.

6.   BELGIAN stocks jumped as a strong dollar lifted U.S. currency-earners such as UCB SA while higher bonds lifted financial stocks such as Kredietbank SA.

7.   A calm bond market helped lift stocks.

8.   A computer-driven buy program lifted stocks into positive territory, traders said.

9.   A decline in U.S. bond yields also helped lift stocks.

10.   A decline in U.S. interest rates helped lift stocks that are widely traded abroad.