1.   Both indexes were dragged down by computer-industry issues.

2.   Concern about slow sales at Lattice Semiconductor Corp. and Xilinx Inc. and other specialty chipmakers dragged the index lower.

3.   Concern about slow sales at Lattice Semiconductor Corp. and Xilinx Inc. and other specialty chip makers dragged the index lower.

4.   Declines in the stocks of other major companies, including HSBC Holdings Plc and Hang Seng Bank Ltd., dragged the index lower.

5.   HCIA Inc. also dragged the index lower.

6.   Lower occupancy in New York and San Francisco dragged the index down, according to the Hendersonville, Tenn., research firm.

7.   Seasonal declines in clothing and food prices dragged the index down.

8.   Technology stocks dragged the index lower.

9.   TAIWAN shares fell, dragging the index from seven-year highs, after the central bank raised its lending rate to the commercial banks.

10.   Technology stocks dragged the index down.