1.   Only one person died, so appalling financial loss was tempered by human deliverance.

2.   Bank of Nova Scotia and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce tempered losses at Alcan Aluminium Ltd., Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Ltd., and BCE Inc.

3.   Bank stocks tempered the losses as bond yields dropped.

4.   Base metal issues tempered losses after three-month forward commodity prices rose on the London Metal Exchange.

5.   Automaker Volvo AB tempered the losses after it named a new chairman and set the price for its planned share buyback.

6.   A rally in bonds and falling yields tempered the losses.

7.   A rise in gold stocks also helped temper the losses.

8.   A spate of mergers and acquisitions propelled oil and computer shares higher, tempering the loss.

9.   A rise in gold stocks helped temper the losses.

10.   A spate of mergers and acquisitions propelled computer and domestic oil shares higher, tempering the loss.