11.   Markets Blue-chip stocks advanced after five sessions of losses.

12.   Prices of soybean meal, a livestock feed, advanced after an explosion at a large Harvest States Cooperative processing plant in Mankato, Minnesota.

13.   Shares of consumer-product companies advanced after a government report showed orders for big-ticket items declined in July for the fifth time in six months.

14.   Several analysts said the stock advanced after Reuters reported remarks Platt made to reporters in Singapore, where he was giving a speech.

15.   Silver advanced after inventories in exchange-monitored warehouses declined, signaling good demand for the metal.

16.   Shares of liquor companies advanced after a trade group decided to lift a self-imposed ban on television and radio advertising to boost flagging sales.

17.   Stock and bond prices also advanced after the trade agreement.

18.   Still, some gold mining companies advanced after a rise in the price of gold.

19.   Soybeans advanced after an influential forecasting firm reduced its estimate of soybean stockpiles amid strong export demand for U.S. oilseeds.

20.   Stocks advanced after the dollar halted its slide.