1.   But the gains were muted.

2.   Future revenue gains may be muted if the stock market runs out of steam, Adolfson said.

3.   Gains were muted as a rising dollar hurt shares of automakers amid concern that stiff competition from outside the U.S. would hamper sales.

4.   Investors expect stocks gains to be muted until later in October, when companies begin to report earnings for the third quarter ending today.

5.   One reason why future job gains may be muted is that Boeing is trying to boost productivity by reducing the time it takes to build a plane.

6.   Traders said price gains were muted by several factors.

7.   But gains were muted as traders awaited more news on coalition plans between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and minority Liberal Party, analysts said.